Mikayla Whitmore
Alexis Caruso (13) auditions for “A Choreographers’ Showcase,” featuring talent from Cirque du Soleil and Nevada Ballet Theater, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015.
By John Katsilometes
Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 | 2:57 p.m.
This week’s Monday By the Number turns attention to Nevada Ballet Theater and Cirque du Soleil as those companies again turn their attention to “A Choreographers’ Showcase,” the annual combined presentation of NBT and Cirque artists.
The performances are Sunday, and again Oct. 18, at Mystere Theater in Treasure Island. These one-of-a-kind showcases are at 1 p.m.; tickets are $25 and $45 and available at NevadaBallet.org.
This show is to feature acrobatic, hip-hop, contemporary dance and flag-juggling elements, among other acts.
Let’s dance, dance, dance the night away …
43: Years since Vassili Sulich, then principal dancer with “Folies Bergere” at Tropicana, and Nancy Houssels created Nevada Dance Theater by organizing dancers from Las Vegas production shows.
36,000: Square feet in NBT’s Summerlin facility.
8: Years that NBT and Cirque have teamed for this show.
13: Choreographers in this year’s show.
12: Works in the show.
6: Minute each act lasts.
52: Performers in the production.
5: Performances set for NBT’s 2015-2016 season, the next being “A Balanchine Celebration” from Nov. 7-8 at the Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.
35: Dancers in this year’s NBT company (including artists, apprentices and trainees).
3: Professional references required to submit an audition request to NBT.
1: Performance in which NBT Artistic Director James Canfield appeared in the 2014-2015 season (as Drosselmeyer in the holiday production of “The Nutcracker”).
1: Former Las Vegas mayor on the NBT advisory board (Jan Laverty Jones).
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