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• NYCB danced their first Jewels of the Winter 2007–08 season Wednesday, January 2; the first night cast included:
  • Emeralds

Ashley Bouder Sara Mearns Alina Dronova Ana Sophia Scheller

Stephen Hanna Jonathan Stafford Antonio Carmena

• • Rubies

Megan Fairchild Teresa Reichlen

Benjamin Millepied

• • Diamonds

Wendy Whelan

Philip Neal

• Ballet San Jose brought Dennis Nahat's Nutcracker to their former half-year home of Cleveland, Ohio, for Thanksgiving week.

• New York City Ballet danced their first Nutcracker of the Winter 2007–08 season Friday, November 23; the first night cast included:

Sugarplum Maria Kowroski Her Cavalier Charles Askegard Dewdrop Ashley Bouder Hot Chocolate Savannah Lowery and Amar Ramasar Coffee Teresa Reichlen

Tea Daniel Ulbricht Candy Cane Tom Gold Marzipan Alina Dronova Mother Ginger Adrian Danchig-Waring Drosselmeier Robert La Fosse

• NYCB danced their 2007–08 Winter gala Tuesday, November 20; the opening night included:

• • Garland Dance (Balanchine)

and "Rose Adagio" from The Sleeping Beauty

(Tschaikovsky/Petipa)

• • film preview excerpt from NY Export: Opus Jazz

(Prince/Robbins)

• • Liturgy (Pärt/Wheeldon)
  • Western Symphony (Kay/Balanchine) excerpt
  • A Life for the Tsar (Glinka/Martins) world premiere