This December 15, 16 & 17 marks the return of Ballet Fantastique’s sparkling holiday tradition, An American Christmas Carol at the Hult Center‘s Soreng Theatre in Eugene, OR! Donna and Hannah Bontrager have re-imagined Charles Dickens’ beloved story in iconic post-WWII America with their original choreography set to the velvet voice of international chart-topping jazz singer Halie Loren. Retro-glam choreography fuses drama and humor as it weaves the story of penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformative quest.
Loren (double-nominated for multiple Independent Music Awards) sets the score with her winsome original arrangements of standards by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole alongside some of Eugene’s finest musicians: Matt Treder (piano), Sean Peterson (bass), Brian West (drums) and Idit Shner (saxophones/clarinet). Actor Adam Goldthwaite joins the company as “Smokey Joe” Marley. Ballet Fantastique’s flagship American Christmas Carol is for the young and young at heart, and it promises to charm even the stoniest of humbug hearts.
Tickets available via the Hult Center ticketing site (and seats are filling up quickly!): http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=39749&schedule=list&group_id=692702
Use purchase code “CAROL17” to receive a $5 discount on tickets for Friday and Saturday’s shows.