BALLET FANTASTIQUE PRESENTS
Christmas in Toyland
Your family’s holiday festivities launch in the magical Silva Concert Hall with our retroglam Christmas in Toyland.
Kickstart the season with a sparkling, jazz-infused holiday escape for the whole family! Ballet Fantastique’s blockbuster Christmas in Toyland invites you into a whimsical storybook world—where candycanes twirl, toys magically come to life, and the holiday spirit is under threat from the not-so-sweet Barnaby Barnacle, Lord of Licorice.
Set to the nostalgic swing of Duke Ellington’s big band Nutcracker and other holiday jazz classics, this dazzling original production features the international artists of Ballet Fantastique, with narration by young dreamer Twyla and her whimsical Gramps.
Playful, heartwarming, visually enchanting, nostalgic and new—it’s your family’s favorite holiday tradition at the Hult Center!
“Must-see…ingeniously retro-glam…a festive dance extravaganza.”
Music
DUKE ELLINGTON’S EPIC JAZZ NUTCRACKER, plus other holiday classics!
ORIGINAL HOLIDAY COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS
FROM DUKE ELLINGTON, GLEnn MIller + MORE
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. 3 - Dec. 8
“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
Costume Design & Construction
Donna Marisa Bontrager, Allison Ditson with Primadonna Tutus (LA)
Set Design
Debra Peña, Kelle DeForrest
ARTISTS OF BALLET FANTASTIQUE IN BABES | PHOTO: bob williams
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