A ballet company’s stolen Nutcracker set has been found
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Sud Forno is selling mortadella panettone, Balzac’s is selling a seasonal protein beverage at the Distillery District’s Winter Village and bars across the city are bedazzled in glitter and garlands. ’Tis the season of miracles, including some good news reported today.
Yesterday, a truck containing set and backdrop pieces belonging to Ballet Jörgen, a dance company currently touring its The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition production, was stolen from a lot in Etobicoke. The company opened its tour in North Bay earlier this month, and the theft threatened to compromise the rest of its dates across Ontario.
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“It’s not as easy as just going out and buying another Nutcracker. These are very specific to our show and these things typically take months and months to build,” Ballet Jörgen’s general manager, Stephen Word, told Global News.
The company provided an update earlier today. “Ballet Jörgen is thrilled to announce that our stolen truck has been recovered thanks to the swift and dedicated efforts of Peel Regional Police. Every set and backdrop for the Nutcracker is safe, intact and ready to bring holiday magic to communities across Ontario as originally planned,” said a media release, which added that other dance organizations had reached out to offer loans of their own sets.
Ballet Jörgen’s Nutcracker performances will continue for the rest of the month. GTA vehicle thieves, please pause your Grinch-like activities until then, at least.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
