Queens College Will Host Performance of 'The Nutcracker'

The Brighton Ballet Theater Company will perform “The Nutcracker” at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium on Dec. 18.

The show, which is being presented by Bayside’s Kupferberg Center for the Arts, will begin at 3 p.m.

Tickets for the show are $18 for adults and $12 for children, ages 12 and below. Parking for the performance is free.

The ballet company features Russian-trained dancers, some of whom are as young as 6 years old, as well as elaborate costumes and the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. “The Nutcracker” is choreographed by Eduoard Kouchnarev.

“This production will portray the beautiful international diversity of New York with dances representing the countries of Spain, Nigeria, China, India, France and Russia,” said Irina Roizin, president of the ballet company. “The ballet culminates in the Land of Freedom, rather than the traditional Land of Sweets.”

For more information, call the Kupferberg Center’s box office at 718-793-8080 or visit its website.