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SUGARLOAF BALLET GIVES A FREE CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY

Your Family is invited to a FREE Performance of their Inspiring Nativity Ballet

December 8, 2020

Join the Sugarloaf Youth Ballet at their annual Christmas celebration at the Infinite Energy Center on Friday, December 11th at 7:30pm and Saturday, December 12th at 2:00pm.  This FREE performance is our gift back to the community, however, a ticket is required for entry. Tickets are available from the Sugarloaf Youth Ballet.  

Seating is limited to meet social distancing requirements.   A virtual ticket for live streaming of the performance is also available.  The Sugarloaf Ballet Christmas begins with a baroque ensemble playing classical Christmas tunes and is followed by the Sugarloaf Youth Ballet’s presentation of The Nativity Ballet. Audiences are taken on the journey from the angel's foreshadowing of Jesus' birth through the jubilee of his arrival. In addition to beautiful costumes, the set includes a manger protecting the swaddling infant and animals overlooking the arrival of visiting angels and traveling wise men.

Nativity Ballet started in 2006 with Mary, Joseph, and a few angels during Sugarloaf Ballet’s The Little Match Girl production. The fifteen-minute excerpt allowed Lori Zamzow-Wire to share her Christian faith with the audience in a unique way. The inspiration for Nativity Ballet came to Lori through her childhood experiences and watching companies such as Ballet Magnificat! and Ad Deum Dance Company. “I’ve been blessed to dance in Christmas musicals for every church my family attended since the age of 10. I grew up in dance ministry,” says Lori Zamzow-Wire. 

Nativity Ballet is an uplifting celebration of the birth of Christ. Audiences will share in the truth of the season and be inspired to spread the Good News of Jesus’ birth. Nativity Ballet culminates with all of the dancers in an energetic demonstration that is sure to leave audience members excited about the real reason for the season.

I might be missing it, but are there tickets and if so, how much are they?

Nativity Ballet is a gift to the community. Because of a generous gift from one of our supporters in the community Sugarloaf Ballet is able to make these performances free and open to the public. Zamzow-Wire says, “This production is our way of giving back to the community. We want everyone to have the opportunity to experience the joy of Christmas.”

About Sugarloaf Ballet:
A nonprofit performing company founded by Lori Zamzow-Wire with a mission to professionally inspire young artists through excellence in performing arts education. Led by Artistic Director, Lori Zamzow-Wire, and Company Director, Michelle Bourgeois, Sugarloaf Ballet presents 3 full-length productions each year: Family Classic (October), Nativity Ballet (December) and Youth Concert Series (January). Sugarloaf Ballet includes student, pre-professional and college level companies.  The Sugarloaf Ballet is housed at Sugarloaf Performing Arts, a 7,000 sq. ft. instructional facility, in Duluth, GA. Sugarloaf Performing Arts is located at 1140 Old Peachtree Road, Ste. B, Duluth, GA 30097. 

For more information, please call 770-476-0025