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The Nutcracker

(The Associated Press) This undated image courtesy of New York City Ballet/Paul Kolnik shows Jenifer Ringer as the Sugarplum Fairy during a performance of "The Nutcracker" at Lincoln Center in New York. A dance critic says Ringer is overweight, stirring up controversy over the last two weeks.

Too many sugarplums? Dance critic says top ballerina is too fat.

Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 12:47am

NEW YORK -- Christmas is upon us, and for a top ballerina at New York City Ballet, that means one sure thing: suiting up in tulle and sequins as the Sugarplum Fairy in the annual classic, "The Nutcracker." What Jenifer Ringer surely didn't expect was to be accused of having "eaten one sugarplum too many."

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Chuck Chase (center left) plays one of the rat soldiers in “The Nutcracker” and scurries after Jennifer Jackson during an Imagine Ballet Theatre rehearsal in Ogden.

‘Nutcracker’ turns father into Mother Ginger

Becky Wright Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:41pm

Chuck Chase describes himself as a “manly man.” So he never imagined that one day he’d be onstage, in a ballet, dressed as a very tall woman. But when you love your children, you’ll do anything for them.

Imagine Ballet Theatre performs “The Nutcracker” six times over five days beginning on Wednesday on the stage of Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden. Chase makes his debut as Mother Ginger in a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Dec. 18.

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