Brooklyn Ballet Students Guest Star in The Nutcracker, Dominican Republic

12/07

Brooklyn Ballet Students Guest Star in The Nutcracker, Dominican Republic

Naazir and Shaakir Muhammad, 10-year-old twins from Flatlands Brooklyn and members of Brooklyn Ballet’s Youth Ensemble, performed in Ballet Clasico Santiago’s “Nutcracker” on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 2007.

Accompanied by Brooklyn Ballet’s School Director, Caridad Martinez, Naazir and Shaakir spent ten days at Ballet Clasico, by invitation of Director Norma Garcia, rehearsing for this acclaimed Nutcracker production and studying with Briand Veitia and Mikel Acosta, both principal dancers from Cuba.