John Killacky: ‘The Nutcracker’ comes to the Flynn

John Killacky with Vermont Ballet Theater dancers Eleanor Kinney and Lissome Hall who will be alternating as “Clara.” Courtesy photo by Frédéric SilbermanEditor’s note: This commentary is by John R. Killacky, executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. It first aired on Vermont Public Radio.
Growing up in a working-class family in Chicago, I did not experience a lot of culture — but a school trip to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ch