{"id":65358,"date":"2019-12-09T18:26:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=65358"},"modified":"2019-12-09T18:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:28:27","slug":"the-scoop-toronto-raptors-kyle-lowry-to-debut-as-cannon-doll-in-the-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/12\/09\/the-scoop-toronto-raptors-kyle-lowry-to-debut-as-cannon-doll-in-the-nutcracker\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry To Debut As Cannon Doll In \u2018The Nutcracker\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. (Photo: Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images, courtesy of Toronto Raptors)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not every day an NBA basketball star gets to debut in a ballet, but that’s exactly what will happen next week at the National Ballet Of Canada’s annual production of The Nutcracker.<\/p>\n

2019 NBA Champion Toronto Raptors’ point guard Kyle Lowry will make his appearance as a celebrity Cannon Doll<\/a> in The Nutcracker\u00a0on December 19 at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n

To date, the National Ballet has invited over 1,080 personalities to make walkon appearances in the holiday classic dressed in vibrant customs resembling Russian Petrouchka dolls.<\/p>\n

This season’s Cannon Dolls include Paralympians Cody Caldwell and Mike Whitehead from Team Canada, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis Athletes Gillian Cruz and Anne-Marie Dolinar from Team Ontario, Stars Lead Singer Torquil Campbell, Co-Founder of WE Marc Kielburger, Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Comedian Candy Palmater, Author Jesse Thistle and Host of Mary’s Kitchen Crush Mary Berg.<\/p>\n

You can catch a performance of The Nutcracker starting Thursday, December 12. through January 4 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. See our concert calendar<\/a> for dates and showtimes.<\/p>\n

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