Freshman Claire Liu rehearses for the upcoming Champaign Urbana Ballet production of "The Nutcracker." Besides Liu, three other Uni students will perform in the holiday classic: freshman Simone Ballard, sophomore Sophie Shenk, and junior Karolina Kalbarczyk. Opening night is 7:30 Friday, Nov. 30, at the Krannert Center's Tryon Festival Theatre. Tchaikovsky's music will be performed by Sinfonia da Camera. This is the fourth year that the CU Ballet, Sinfonia, and Krannert have teamed up to present the musical version of E.T.A. Hoffman's famed story. Other performances will be 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2; and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.