'Nutcracker Suite' will be available Friday for download, and it will air on CBS3 on Monday night. Written By: Christa Lawler | × The opening scene for this year’s Minnesota Ballet production of The Nutcracker is filmed in Glensheen's Carriage House Monday. The production will be available for purchase for streaming. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com) DULUTH — Earlier this week, Sean M. Sullivan found himself in the unusual position of being a professional ballet dancer sitting in a chair telling a story with words. Sullivan, in his second season with the Minnesota Ballet, is Uncle Drosselmeyer in the company’s new “Nutcracker Suite: A Duluth Tale.” He’s the character charged with setting the scene: a visiting uncle with a story about a young woman he met at the train station, Clara, and her favored nutcracker doll. Meanwhile, a handful of children dressed in holiday best gather, eager, in front of the fireplace.