Ashley Ballet's 13th production of "The Nutcracker" is set to open Saturday, Dec. 14. Over 100 students, including Wayzata and St. Louis Park students Lucy Neiland, Josephine Gourde, and Lucy Natzel, are taking part in the production, some of them as young as five years old.

Established in 2012, Ashley Ballet was founded by Ashley Burkland to bring a non-competition based dance school that inspires students to dive deep into the art of dance. Teaching not only Ballet but jazz and modern, Burkland said "we want our dancers to become lovers of the art form and supporters of the art throughout their whole life."

  

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