Colorado Ballet: The Nutcracker, Ellie Caulkins Opera House tickets for 11/26 06:30 PM at Ellie Caulkins Opera House,Denver, CO.

Colorado Ballet: The Nutcracker, Ellie Caulkins Opera House tickets for 11/26 01:00 PM at Ellie Caulkins Opera House,Denver, CO.The pandemic also gave the crafts people time, a full two-years, to get the job done right. For 'The Nutcracker,' they built the sleigh, the palanquin, and worked on some of the puppetry for Mother Ginger. The art & entertainment company designs and builds sets and prop pieces. Among the many builders, Handsome Little Devils in Lakewood. The work was spread across 16 shops across the country, 13 of which might have closed because of the pandemic. 'The scene makers, the costumes makers, they didn't have any work, so we were able to offer them work,' Boggs added. 'What was really the most magical part of this project was that we pulled this off during the pandemic,' Hynes explained. Our old sets and costumes were built in 1986, and needless to say had seen better days.' (credit CBS)īoggs hired Tom Boyd to design the sets, and Holly Hynes to come up with 74 new costumes designs for 171 costumes. 'We spent the last year building new sets and costumes for the production. 'People were very generous,' Boggs told CBS4. The tradition of 'The Nutcracker' at Colorado Ballet had gotten a little worn out, so the company launched a capital campaign in 2019 to fund new sets and costumes. Costume Designer Holly Hynes explains the detail on the Snowflakes costume. Everybody recognizes the music, and through the holiday season, that's all you hear,' said Gil Boggs, Artistic Director at Colorado Ballet, of the reason this ballet is so beloved.

But it's also Tchaikovsky's beautiful score.

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