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Cavan dancer selected for Irish National Youth Christmas Production

Oct 22, 2022 12:50 By News Northern Sound
Cavan dancer selected for Irish National Youth Christmas Production
12/10/22 ***NO REPRO FEE*** Ireland’s best young ballet dancers to bring the magic of The Nutcracker to audiences this Christmas. Irish National Youth Ballet announces details of its 2022 winter season, with performances of The Nutcracker to take place at The Helix, Dublin, 8th-10th December. An elite cast of Ireland’s most talented young ballet dancers will perform the iconic Christmas favourite The Nutcracker for the Irish National Youth Ballet’s winter season, it was announced today (12.10.22). The show will run from 8th – 10th of December at The Helix, Dublin. Pictured at the launch were cast members, including: Georgia Kiernan, 15, as the Sugar Plum Fairy; Will Chester, 15, as the Nutcracker Prince; Nathan Byrne, 16, as Drosslemayer; Sofia Giusti, 11, as Clara; Kian Newcombe, 11, as Fritz and Jasmine Kennedy, 14, playing the Snow Queen. Pic: Marc O’Sullivan
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The show will run from the 8th-10th of December at The Helix, Dublin.

A talented Virginia dancer has been selected for the Irish National Youth
Ballet Christmas production of The Nutcracker

Eleven-year-old Sofia Giusti is part of an all-island troupe of 45 dancers,
11 of whom are male, and ranging in age from nine to 18 years.

Sofia will play Clara in the production and is trained by the Nicola Fracas
School of Ballet.

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She was accepted into INYB when she was just nine years old, which is a year
younger than most.

Artistic Director of INYB, Lindsay Ashe-Browne, said the performance level
is akin to elite athletics and the dancers, are highly trained.

Meanwhile, the show runs from the 8th to the 10th of December at The Helix
in Dublin.

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