Eastern CT Ballet Presents "The Nutcracker" in New London

Sat Dec 13, 2025 - Sun Dec 14, 2025
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Repeating every days through December 14, 2025.
1:30pm ET
Age: Ages 3 and up
Price: $26-$81
Location:
The Garde Arts Center
860-444-7373
325 State St., New London, CT, 06320
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When the curtain rises, professionally trained Eastern Connecticut Ballet dancers and guest artists of Boston Ballet, Kaitlyn Casey and Daniel Durrett, share the spotlight in this nautical-themed live performance of “The Nutcracker.”  

 

Set in New London in the 1850s, the scenery celebrates southeastern Connecticut’s seafaring past and transforms the stage into a wintry day in the maritime city. Stage sets display tall ships in port, the New London Custom House, Whale Oil Row, lighthouses, and a sea captain’s Victorian home.

Tchaikovsky’s celebrated music carries the audience through an enchanting journey as Clara and her new friend, the Nutcracker, travel through a magical world of Arctic ice fields where whaling ships once ventured on harrowing voyages!

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