{"id":21056,"date":"2014-12-02T12:44:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kents-settlemyre-to-perform-in-the-nutcracker\/"},"modified":"2014-12-02T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T20:44:08","slug":"kents-settlemyre-to-perform-in-the-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-settlemyre-to-perform-in-the-nutcracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent’s Settlemyre to perform in ‘The Nutcracker’"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kent’s Emeline Settlemyre makes her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in Emerald Ballet Theatre’s eighth annual production of “The Nutcracker” with the Rainier Symphony Ballet Orchestra.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Performances are 2 p.m. Dec. 6-7 and 13-14 at the Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. NE, Bothell.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n A prot\u00e9g\u00e9e of Viktoria Titova, EBT’s artistic director, Settlemyre has studied at Emerald Ballet Academy on full scholarship since age 7. While at EBA, she has danced the role of big Clara in “The Nutcracker” and the lead in Paquita, and performed at the New York City finals of Youth America Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This past summer Settlemyre was accepted into the Paris Opera Ballet’s first ever Summer Intensive open to international students, where she studied under prestigious teachers from around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n