Dorchester dancers Isabella Robbins, Matilda Curd, Rosalind Hornbach, and Mairead and Siobhan Manning are all performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’ this holiday season.  Robbins is a Page, Siobhan is a Polichinelle, while Mairead, Curd, and Hornbach are performing the role of Urchin. 

The Nutcracker opened Nov. 24 at the Citizens Bank Opera House with performances through Dec. 31.

Miss Robbins is a 6th grade student at Saint Brendan School, where she consistently earns high honors and writes for the school newspaper.  She has a love for all dance and began taking classes when she was only two years old. Besides studying ballet at Boston Ballet School, Isabella also attends Miss Linda’s School of Dance in Dorchester and Woods School of Irish Dance in South Boston. In July she competed in Irish Step Nationals in Nashville. Outside of dance she also enjoys playing ADSL softball, CYO basketball, figure skating, and cheering on her twin brother, Brady.

Miss Curd is a third grader at the Perry School in South Boston where her favorite subjects are writing and science. She started classes at Boston Ballet at age 3. She also dances at Miss Linda’s and has been a Girl Scout since age 3. 

Miss Hornbach, a third grader at Milton Academy, loves animals, reading, and art. In addition to dancing, she swims, sails, and plays the piano. After being an audience member at the ballet for several years, she is excited to be a part of the Nutcracker performance this year.

Mairead Manning is a 6th grader at Boston Collegiate Charter School and Siobhan Manning is a 4th grader at the Richard Murphy K -8 school. The girls both play soccer with Dorchester Youth Soccer (DYS) and are members of the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester (BGCD). They participate in many activities at BGCD including the chess club and swimming on the Marr-lins swim team. This past April they both qualified for the Boys & Girls Club National Swim Championships in St. Petersburg, FL, where Siobhan finished third in the 25-yard Butterfly and fifth in the 25-yard Breast. 

All children performing in The Nutcracker are students at Boston Ballet School and Boston Ballet School’s Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts and they are coached by an experienced staff including Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, Children’s Rehearsal Director Dalay Parrondo, and Boston Ballet School’s world-renowned faculty.

Tickets start at $25. For more information, visit bostonballet.org/nutcracker or call 617-695-6955.