Tickets for Tuscaloosa Community Dancers' 2017 presentation of The Nutcracker go on sale to the public Sunday October 1  Performances are scheduled for December 7-10 at the historic Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Tickets will be available online at www.tututix.com. Discounts will be available for seniors, students, children, and military service men and women. For special group ticket rates please email tcdancers@gmail.com or call 205-752-4220.

The role of the Sugarplum Fairy will be performed by Savannah Lowery, a soloist with New York City Ballet. Ms. Lowery was born in Largo, Florida. She began her dance training at the age of three at the International Dance Academy in Seminole, Florida. She also studied at Judith Lee Johnson's Studio of Dance with Amy Rhoda-Taylor and at Florida Ballet West. Ms. Lowery entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, full time in the fall of 1999. In November 2001, Ms. Lowery became an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in October 2002 she joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in December 2007.

Tuscaloosa Community Dancers is a non profit organization that has been operating for over 40 years. For more information about the TCD, visit www.tuscaloosadancers.com or email tcdancers@gmail.com

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