Drawing inspiration from The Nutcracker, Montpelier’s Moving Light Dance offers a unique variation on the Christmas ballet, infusing it with a healthy dose of local flavor. The story of a young girl’s journey through a magical land gets a Vermont twist in The Green Mountain Nutcracker. Set in 1970s Vermont, this 13th annual production swaps a Maple Sugar Fairy for the usual Sugar Plum Fairy, loggers for Russian dancers and moose for sleigh-pulling reindeer. A cast of 60 professional company dancers and local students move to original music by local songwriter Colin McCaffrey along with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s original score.
