Iowa Dance Theatre presented The Nutcracker at the Des Moines Civic Center on Saturday & Sunday, December 16 & 17, 2017. Our guest artists were Katherine Eppink as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Anders Southerland as the Cavalier. We featured over 240 dancers representing 36 studios, rehearsed by 16 Rehearsal Directors and Assistants from Central Iowa. Our Artistic Team consists of Elizabeth Adams, Janice Baker, and Ami Yaro.