• More than 350 costumes
• 165 characters
• $180,000 invested each year to revamp part of the sets and costumes
• Average cost of a costume: $2,500
• Cost of The King of Candyland costume: $15,000!
• Cost of a pair of point shoes: $150 ($4,000 per performance)!
• Cost of the orchestra: $16,000 per performance!

Total goal
450 000$

Business package / Brunch tickets
60%

Donations
18% (Crowdfunding / Donations at the theatre / Individual donations)

Other
22% ($2 donation per ticket / Raffle)

Each year, a free matinée performance of The Nutcracker is dedicated to 2,800 sick children from hospitals or foundations, as well as disadvantaged students selected by Une école montréalaise pour tous (Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec).

This year, the Fund offers four different educational workshops to 1,500 disadvantaged children:
Dance: a short choreography taught with some of Les Grands Ballets’ dancers, in our new studios, then performed as a flash mob in the corridors of Place des Arts, prior to the educational matinée performance
Animated Film: making of short animated films in stop-motion which will be screened on the TV screens of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (Place des Arts) during The Nutcracker
Costumes: making of costumes inspired by The Nutcracker characters, then exhibited at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (Place des Arts) during The Nutcracker production
Visual Arts: production of printed canvas and 3D totems inspired by The Nutcracker characters, then exhibited at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (Place des Arts) during The Nutcracker production

Did you know that The Nutcracker is the longest production on the same stage in Canada? The Fund allows the annual renewal of sets and costumes of the production, which will be performed for the 55th edition!

You would like to help us raise funds to the benefit of the Nutcracker Fund during the performances of The Nutcracker? ! Contact Rebecca Lowson at rlowson@grandsballets.com

GUIDE PÉDAGOGIQUE POUR ENFANTS (French only)

GUIDE PÉDAGOGIQUE POUR ENSEIGNANTS (French only)