BALLET FANTASTIQUE PRESENTS
Christmas in Toyland
Gather your loved ones close—launch your family’s holiday festivities in the magical Silva Concert Hall with BFan.
Experience Ballet Fantastique's sparkling, jazzy holiday experience for the whole family! Escape with us into a bright holiday storybook — Christmas in Toyland is whimsical characters, festive dance theater, and the international artists of Ballet Fantastique. Set to the swinging holiday beat of Duke Ellington’s epic jazz Nutcracker and other holiday jazz classics, this original production is playful, heartwarming, visually enchanting, nostalgic and new. Join us in Candyland for your family’s magical new holiday experience at the Hult Center. Make a new tradition, together, with us.
“Must-see…ingeniously retro-glam…a festive dance extravaganza.”
Showtimes — Hult Center
SAT, NOV 29, 2025 — 7:30 PM
SUN, NOV 30, 2025 — 2:30 PM
Run Time: 102 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission
Suggested Ages: 3+
TICKETS $22-120 ($15-65/EA FOR STUDENTS & YOUTH)
on demand streaming Dec. 5 - Dec. 10
Give Back This Holiday Season
Help spread holiday cheer beyond the stage! Join Ballet Fantastique in our Toys for Tots fundraiser at Christmas in Toyland. It’s the perfect time to give back! Bring a new, unwrapped toy and help make the season brighter for children in our community. Collection boxes will be in the Hult Center lobby during all Christmas in Toyland performances.
Music
DUKE ELLINGTON’S EPIC JAZZ NUTCRACKER, plus other Big band holiday classics!
retroglam HOLIDAY COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS
FROM DUKE ELLINGTON, GLEnn MIller + MORE
“Danced to Duke Ellington’s jazzy... Nutcracker Suite, this retro-glam contemporary ballet loosely weaves together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a Christmas-themed dance extravaganza. Choreographed by the mother-daughter artistic team of Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager, this reimagining of Babes in Toyland will transport back to the technicolor holiday television specials of yore...”
Theater info
SILVA CONCERT HALL, Hult Center, Eugene (OR)
Creative/concept team
Choreographer-Producers
Donna Marisa & Hannah Bontrager
Original Concept, Libretto
Inspired by Victor Herbert’s 1903 operetta, reimagined for the ballet by BFan’s Donna Marisa & Hannah Bontrager with Deborah Speer
narration script
Jeany Van Meltebeke Snider
Costume Design & Construction
Donna Marisa Bontrager, Allison Ditson with Primadonna Tutus (LA)
Set Design
Debra Peña, Kelle DeForrest
Season Presenting Sponsor
ARTISTS OF BALLET FANTASTIQUE IN BABES | PHOTO credit: bob williams & jeremy bronson
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