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Wit and wonder in Kansas City Ballet's Nutcracker

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“Carney is onto a good thing by adding wit to sentimentality: it leavens the whole”
Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 5 December 2021
The Nutcracker (Devon Carney, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
Kansas City Ballet
Ramona Pansegrau, Conductor
Kansas City Symphony
Madeleine Mullin, Dancer
Taryn Mejia, Dancer
Lamin Pereira, Dancer
Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck, Dancer
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