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Nutcracker at Straz Center to feature top ballet students from across the globe

Next Generation Ballet school is now a destination for dance prodigies
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Next Generation Ballet at the Straz Center, now a major destination for ballet students from across the globe, will once again put on a production of the Nutcracker unlike any other.

But this year, the annual show is bigger than ever before, with a record six performances to meet demand from a Tampa Bay public that has turned the production into a tradition.

The six shows will performed between Friday Dec. 20 to Monday Dec. 23. There are evening and matinee shows.

Tickets start at $30.25.

For more information,go here.

ABC Action News reporter Michael Paluska heads to Weedon Island, which has a rich history that dates back more than 12,000 years. During that time, it was home to Indigenous populations, a movie studio, an airport, a safe haven for bootleggers during prohibition, and so much more. Today, the preserve protects this wide diversity of natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.

Florida's Prehistoric People Revealed: A tour of Weedon Island Preserve