Next Generation Ballet at the Straz Center, now a major destination for ballet students from across the globe, will once again put on a production of the Nutcracker unlike any other.
But this year, the annual show is bigger than ever before, with a record six performances to meet demand from a Tampa Bay public that has turned the production into a tradition.
The six shows will performed between Friday Dec. 20 to Monday Dec. 23. There are evening and matinee shows.
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