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Nutcracker at Wethersfield Documentary Chronicles BalletCollective’s Pandemic Triumph
By Amy Brandt For Pointe,
2025-12-19When married New York City Ballet soloists Troy Schumacher and Ashley Laracey were invited to visit the sprawling Wethersfield estate in 2020, they were scoping possible summer performance venues for Schumacher’s company, BalletCollective. But the grand house and grounds in upstate New York inspired a different idea: a site-specific Nutcracker production. The COVID-19 pandemic had shuttered theaters, canceling seasons around the country and leaving dancers without work. But Schumacher saw an opportunity to create an immersive experience for small, socially distanced audiences. He quickly secured funding, consulted medical professionals, and hired 23 dancers, mostly from NYCB, to produce BalletCollective’s Nutcracker at Wethersfield.
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