Valentina Kozlova's Dance Conservatory Company

Valentina Kozlova presents her company in The Nutcracker, which features guest dancer Daniyar Shmanov of the Kazakh State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Other dancers include Veronika Verterich, Demitra Bereveskos, Francis Lawrence and Konstantin Dournov. Act I is choreographed by Margo Sappington; the second is staged by Kozlova after Petipa and Vainonen.