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WBAA Arts Spotlight: Lafayette Ballet

WBAA | By John Clare

Published January 4, 2017 at 5:10 AM EST

John Clare talks to Lafayette Ballet’s Director Sandra Peticolas about the ballet’s activities this season, including the Nutcracker!

Find out more about the Lafayette Ballet here. Performances of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker are Saturday and Sunday, January 7 & 8, 2017.

Lafayette Ballet Company was formed in 1989 as a not-for-profit organization underDirector, Sandra Peticolas. Professional training through Lafayette Ballet School (begun in 1988), professional guest artists and teachers, professional costumes and sets and careful details of production help to enhance the quality of all LBC endeavors.

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John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.

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