“I’ll be performing gopak, candy cane, soldier doll, and I am also a party parent, which is really fun to step in as different characters, and bring something new each time to it,” he said. “There are different nuances that you find in each variation each year that you do it,” said Mouzon, who is in his third season with Charlotte Ballet and promoted from the second company to the first a month into his career. While the score remains the same, no two productions of “The Nutcracker” are identical. We have to make sure that we find our cohesiveness together, listen to the music, and really bring out the character in each role.” “Two of the roles that I’m doing I have a partner for them. “I am doing Spanish, Arabian, Marzipan and that’s about it,” she laughed. On Friday night, she takes what has become a familiar stage. She officially joined Charlotte Ballet on June 1 that year, and has since become a seasoned veteran. Dancers Raven Barkley and Maurice Mouzon are quite familiar with the work of Tchaikovsky, and recently made their debut on The Post’s podcast The Creatives to preview the Christmas classic.īarkley had 10 days to transition from New York to Charlotte in 2015, after graduating from the State University of New York at Purchase. Support local journalism: Subscribe to The Charlotte PostĬharlotte Ballet’s annual presentation of “The Nutcracker” kicks off the holiday season on Dec.
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