{"id":2157,"date":"2015-12-26T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T18:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:06:38","slug":"in-focus-behind-the-scenes-at-the-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2015\/12\/26\/in-focus-behind-the-scenes-at-the-nutcracker\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Behind the scenes at \u2018The Nutcracker\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \u201cIt\u2019s where ballerinas are born,\u201d says Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre principal Julia Erickson about \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d It\u2019s a proving ground where core members get the opportunity to dance solos in hopes they might be elevated to soloist or principal. Danielle Downey, a member of the core, remembers seeing \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d performed by the Lake Erie Ballet when she was 6 years old. \u201cI wanted to be on stage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will wrap up its 2015 performances of \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d at noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The production has 170 cast members with 150 characters. Pittsburgh references are sprinkled throughout artistic director Terrence Orr\u2019s version of \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see it multiple times and see something new each time. The production is rich with lots of details and different dancers performing the roles,\u201d Ms. Erickson said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:500px;height:350px;\" data-ps-embed-type=\"slideshow\" data-ps-embed-gid=\"G0000HhgG53Oe4PQ\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u201cIt\u2019s where ballerinas are born,\u201d says Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre principal Julia Erickson about \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d It\u2019s a proving ground where core members get the opportunity to dance solos in hopes they might be elevated to soloist or principal. Danielle Downey, a member of the core, remembers seeing \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d performed by the Lake Erie Ballet when she was 6 years old. \u201cI wanted to be on stage.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15,187],"tags":[],"coauthors":[27],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/INFocus1226-08-7.jpg?fit=2600%2C1730&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}