Sonia Rodriguez and Piotr Stanczyk, principal dancers with the National Ballet of Canada, will perform the roles of Cavalier and the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Charleston Ballet and West Virginia Symphony Orchestra's production of "The Nutcracker" this weekend.

Two dancers leap into the air during the 2003 production of "The Nutcracker." The Charleston Ballet and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra first began the co-op production in 2002.

Gazette photo by LAWRENCE PIERCE.......'NUTCRACKER'.......6x8.84.......Nutcracker rehearsal.......12/11/12.......