New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns to dance in “Nutcracker” at Garde

“The New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, one of the greatest ballerinas of our day, says that she’s been performing in the Nutcracker since she was 3 years old. ‘I was a mouse,’ she said in an interview with The Day last week. ‘The Nutcracker is one of those ballets that hundreds of companies around the country perform every year. It’s tradition.’

Speaking of traditions: the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s performance of the show is returning to the Garde Arts Center this weekend, and it will feature Mearns as the Sugar Plum Fairy.”Read more here.