Morning Edition: The Ballet Dancer Who Became A Marine

Connecticut Public Radio | By Ray Hardman

Published December 9, 2011 at 7:56 AM EST

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Ballet companies far and wide are deep into Nutcracker mode this time of year. The Ballet Theater Company of West Hartford is no exception, but it may be the only production of the Nutcracker being choreographed by a former Marine. Roman Baca served in Iraq, and he joins us now by phone.

The Ballet Theater Company's production of The Nutcracker gets underway next week, December 15-18 at the Carol Autorino Center on the campus of St. Joseph College in West Hartford.

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