ARTISTS OF BALLET FANTASTIQUE IN BABES | PHOTO: BOB WILLIAMS

 
 

Your family’s holiday festivities launch in the magical Silva Concert Hall with our retroglam new Babes in Toyland.

Fall into bright, festive storybook, where the Candyland Toys band together to save Christmas from Barnaby Barnacle, Lord of Licorice! In Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager’s jazzy dance theater remake of Victor Herbert’s 1903 holiday operetta from the Chicago Grand Opera House, the stage glows with whimsical characters, festive dance theater, and the international artists and guest stars of Ballet Fantastique. Set to the swinging holiday beat of Duke Ellington’s epic jazz Nutcracker and other holiday jazz classics.

For the young and the young at heart— your family’s magical new holiday experience at the Hult Center!

“Must-see…ingeniously retro-glam…a festive dance extravaganza.”
— JAMUNA CHIARINI, OREGON ARTS WATCH

Music

DUKE ELLINGTON’S EPIC JAZZ NUTCRACKER, plus other holiday classics!

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS FROM DUKE ELLINGTON, GLEnn MIller + MORE.
ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BALLET FANTASTIQUE BY STEVE SHARP.

Showtimes — Hult Center

SATurday, NOVember 25, 2023 — 7:30 PM
SUNday, NOVember 26, 2023 — 2:30 PM

Run Time: 102 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission
Suggested Ages: 3+

TICKETS $22-76 ($15-65/EA FOR STUDENTS & YOUTH)
AVAILABLE NOW!

“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...”
— JUMANA CHIARINI, Oregon Arts Watch

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

Costume Design & Construction

Donna Marisa Bontrager, Allison Ditson, Noelle Guetti with Primadonna Tutus (LA)

Set Design

Kelle DeForrest with Mike Ricker

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