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Dec 19, 2012 the national ballet of canadas annual holiday season run of the nutcracker is a sumptuously dressed production that soars above lighthearted fantasy. Over the next few weeks, hundreds of students from nbs professional ballet program pbp and associates. Behind the scenes of the national ballet of canadas nutcracker. Kids of the nutcracker the national ballet of canada youtube.
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