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The local company hit a high-water mark last year by bringing in Edmonton’s Ukrainian Shumka Dancers, Canada’s only professional Ukrainian dance company. The Shumka Dancers are back again this week for several performances of The Nutcracker, albeit none that will put anyone on stage at Dance Victoria’s traditional home, the Royal Theatre. It’s 2020, after all so performances of Tchaikovsky’s Christmas classic running Thursday through Sunday will be offered virtually. “We had it live last year at the Royal Theatre and people went nuts,” said producer Stephen White of Dance Victoria, who arranged to use a live performance video of the Shumka Dancers doing The Nutcracker once COVID-19 hit.