Michael Kropf (President) and Michael Fichtenbaum (Vice President) support such activities on behalf of the ÖTR, providing ballet children with opportunities to present themselves on stage. “The STAGE is almost more important than the training room. Only on stage does creativity emerge. A creativity that ballet children need to later embody choreographic stage roles,” both presidents agree. The ballet THE NUTCRACKER is ideally suited for this purpose. The Europaballett performs this work 10 times, with more than 20 children from the ballet academy participating (children, mice, soldiers, dolls). As a result, the motivation of the ballet children to take on more training has also increased.