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This is a very well-known story  and is told in a different way, but is still “very similar to the Disney version of sleeping beauty but the classical ballet has many more characters,” Thueson says.

St. Croix Ballet puts on ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Karisma Vang, Social Media Editor May 10, 2016

  This year the St. Croix Ballet got ready for their spring show, that played on April 24th. They choose between Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia and Cinderella every year, this year was Sleeping...

Senior Ava Wichser rehearses her “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” with Joseph Roesler as one of the Sugar Plum Cavaliers. “I love to dance because there is always room to improve and push yourself more and more,” Wichser says.

St. Croix Ballet prepares 15th annual Nutcracker performance

Mary Burchill, Fashion Blog Editor December 5, 2015

The St. Croix Ballet has made performing the Nutcracker an annual event since 1990, every year dancers work tirelessly to put on an unforgettable performance for Thanksgiving weekend. These dancers...

Ballerina, Ava Wichser, has been dancing for 13 years and dances annually in the Nutcracker. “She started ballet because of her love to perform. The first time she saw The Nutcracker, she was not in it, but she knew she wanted to be.”

Ava Wichser pirouettes through the Nutcracker ballet

Tessa Rosa, Fashion Blog Editor December 7, 2014

For Ava Wichser, (’16) life is tights and tutus. From the time she was three years old she has been in ballet. In the last 13 years, the passion for the thrill of dance has not faded. If anything, it...

Wichser to play big role in “The Nutcracker”

November 23, 2014

To learn ballet a person will need practice, patience and poise. Not only does ballet require time and energy, but it also requires determination. Junior Ava Wichser portrays all of these characteristics...

Wichser to play big role in “The Nutcracker”

November 18, 2014

To learn ballet, a person will need practice, patience, and poise. Not only does ballet require time and energy, but it also requires determination. Junior Ava Wichser portrays all of these characteristics...

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