ALBANY — The Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet brought its presentation of “The Nutcracker” to the UAlbany Performing Arts Center on Saturday.
A Christmas classic, the ballet is based on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” an 1816 short story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The version performed by the youth ballet, choreographed and re-staged by Cristiane Santos and Joan Kilgore Anderson, featured more than 120 local dancers between the ages of 5 and 18, according to the nonprofit dance group’s website.
The show featured special guests such as Sarah MacGregor and Jethro Paine of Boulder Ballet and Andre Malo Robles as Herr Drosselmeyer…