The Nutcracker in Venice

Down the coast in Venice, the Sarasota Ballet School's Nutcracker gets a live score from the Venice Symphony at the Venice Performing Arts Center. The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company dances alongside students from the school and from the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory, telling Clara's story in roughly two hours with a 20-minute intermission. The Venice engagement is a short pair of performances, presented ahead of the company's longer run at the Sarasota Opera House.