{"id":47509,"date":"2016-12-08T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T22:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=47509"},"modified":"2016-12-08T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T03:56:57","slug":"christmas-comes-early-at-the-chicago-cultural-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/christmas-comes-early-at-the-chicago-cultural-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas comes early at the Chicago Cultural Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kelly Calagna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The Chicago Cultural Center came alive\u00a0Sunday with the sounds of Tchaikovsky\u2019s holiday classic, The Nutcracker. \u00a0About 500 little ballerinas took over the grand ball room in a free public event made possible by the volunteer efforts of Ballet Chicago and the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band. The tutu&#8217;ed participants received a ballet lesson, then took their new moves to the dance floor as snow fell outside the windows looking over Grant Park.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 194729858 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/194729858\">Christmas Comes Early at the Chicago Cultural Center<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/medillchicago\">Medill Reports<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Little ballerinas learn to the moves to take The Nutcracker to the\u00a0dance floor. (Kelly Calagna\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kelly Calagna The Chicago Cultural Center came alive\u00a0Sunday with the sounds of Tchaikovsky\u2019s holiday classic, The Nutcracker. \u00a0About 500 little ballerinas took over the grand ball room in a free public event made possible by the volunteer efforts of Ballet Chicago and the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band. 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