Sep 17, 2015 eleven hip hop dancers, a dj, electric violinist, and digital scenery bring holiday magic to life. The runaway is kyle abrahams first work for new york city ballet, as well as his first work for a ballet company. Dec 23, 2018 the hip hop nutcracker resets tchaikovskys classic score to explosive hip hop choreography courtesy of jennifer weber. New york performance tours for student dance groups. Mcs a ferocious contemporary reimagining with hiphop dancers, digital. Summer of hip hop intensive in tampa, florida joffrey. Directed and choreographed by jennifer weber, the hip hop. City ballets marquee classic to a hiphop rendition and. Hip hop nutcracker gives classic holiday ballet a new twist. Eleven hip hop dancers, a dj, electric violinist, and digital scenery bring holiday magic to life. All 90 dancers, 62 musicians, 40 stagehands, and more than 125 children in two alternating casts from the school of american ballet join forces to.
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A holiday mashup for the whole family, the hip hop nutcracker is back and better than ever. Nov 27, 2019 use our guide to find the nutcracker in nyc in 2019. We offer a wide range of new yorkbased programs, including customized workshops at new yorks premier dance studios, special event tours, customized production performance tours, and master classes. A unique and joyful event, this eveninglength production is performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, a dj, a violinist, and. The hip hop nutcracker tchaikovskys score, hip hop. Directed and choreographed by jennifer weber, the production is performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, a dj, a violinist, and mc kurtis blow, one of hip hop s founding fathers. Backstage s dance auditions in new york city include casting for a variety of projects from classical ballet to hip hop. A unique and joyful event, this eveninglength production is performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, a dj, a violinist, and mc kurtis blow, one of hip hops founding fathers, who. Brooklyn nutcracker is simply, imperfectly charming. The hip hop nutcracker is an eveninglength production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, dj and violinist. The land of sweets is a foray into contemporary brooklyn.
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The performance is led by the stellar peridance contemporary dance company dancers, alongside young students from the school at peridance, the talented peridance youth ensemble. Directed and choreographed by jennifer weber, the hip hop nutcracker is a contemporary dance spectacle set to tchaikovskys timeless music. Last year, in 2018, njpacs production of the hip hop nutcracker completed its fifth national tour, spread out across 28 u. The bang groups nutcracked is funnybut in the spirit of tribute, not satire. Dec 16, 2019 there are nostalgic nutcrackers and tongueincheek nutcrackers and burlesque nutcrackers and hiphop nutcrackers. This is a decidedly nontraditional version of the show, and the venues third nutcracker production in three weeks. The hip hop nutcracker is an opportunity to see some of the best hiphop dancers in the world take the stage as stars. The hip hop nutcracker civic center theaters syracuse, ny. Arriving late in the season is the hip hop nutcracker, which plays dec. Search for hip hop dancers in new york city, new york above. The hip hop nutcracker at united palace the new york times.
Bring those movies to life at your party by hiring dancers to pop and lock, krump, step, stomp, and break dance all over the place. The hip hop nutcracker tchaikovskys score, hip hop dance. Advance publicity made a big deal of the fact that the brooklyn nutcracker incorporates both hiphop and ballet. Nutcracker ballet nyc dance shows for the 2019 holidays. Visions of sugar rum cherries tap dance in her head the new. Hip hop nutcracker gives classic holiday ballet a new. This magical mashup features the original score with an electronic twist, performed by an onstage dj and an electric violinist.
Last december, nyxt brought you a video about the brooklyn nutcracker by brooklyn ballet. Her nutcracker includes all the favorites the snow scene, the sugar plum fairy, the march of the children and of course tchaikovskys score. New york city ballets the nutcracker casts first black. The mission of the brooklyn ballet is to create new work, to educate the community and to provide training and accessibility to. At just 11 years old, charlotte nebres has made history. Featuring kurtis blow as the guest mc, 12 hip hop dancers, digital scenery, a dj, and an electric violin, the hip hop nutcracker turns tschaikovsky on his head, in the coolest possible way. Dec, 2017 the land of sweets is a foray into contemporary brooklyn. The hiphop nutcracker swaps ballet for street dancing and sets the story of mariaclara right here in new york city, remixing tchaikovsys original score with beats by kurtis blow.
George balanchines the nutcracker opened friday nov 29 at new york city ballet, and for the first time in history, a black girl will. The hip hop nutcracker tickets 2020, the hip hop nutcracker tour dates 2020, the hip hop nutcracker schedule 2020 as one of the most reliable and trusted sources for premium event seating and the hip hop nutcracker tickets, we offer a comprehensive and userfriendly platform for all our customers. Tchaikovskys score, hip hop dance, nyc style the hip hop nutcracker turns tchaikovsky on his head, in the coolest possible way. Enjoy a twist on the bestknown christmas ballet at hiphop nutcracker, which has spent the season touring from. Dancers bring the traditional story to life in modern setting and using hip hop choreography.
Enjoy a twist on the bestknown christmas ballet at hip hop nutcracker, which has spent the season touring from california to texas. Celebrate the sixth year anniversary of the hip hop nutcracker, opened by mc kurtis blow. Heres 7 ways we do the nutcracker in new york city metro us. The ballet for eight dancers premiered at the companys 2018 fall gala, and features lighting by dan scully, costumes by giles deacon, and music by nico muhly, james blake, jayz, and kanye west. The hip hop nutcracker tour first time at kings theatre in. We had just been having a conversation about how rap and hip hop started back in my day. Hip hop dancers perform amazing version of the nutcracker musical virtuoso victor vener racked brain for new way to perform ballet he enlisted. The hip hop nutcracker is an opportunity to see some of the best hip hop dancers in the world take the stage as stars. Tchaikovskys ballet gets a facelift as rap icon kurtis blow mcs a ferocious contemporary reimagining with hip hop dancers, digital projection and a beatdriv.
Took my 17 year old daughter to see this performance. This is not a ballet, but a hip hop version of the classic. The best things to do in nyc this week, from subway swing. The nutcracker ballet is a classic holiday experience for kids and parents, and nyc offers dozens of wonderful interpretations of this beautiful christmas show while many children love the energy and drama of the nutcrackerfrom the sweet sugar plum fairy visit to the frantic battle with the rat kingit can be long for some. The school is located in downtown brooklyn, in this link you can see their coronavirus updates, and you can watch their videos on nyxt.
The hip hop nutcracker, at the united palace of cultural arts, blends tchaikovskys score with d. Visions of sugar rum cherries tap dance in her head the. We invite you to learn more about the values and the vision of this wonderful organization through the eyes of lynn parkerson, brooklyn ballets founding artistic director. Use our guide to find the nutcracker in nyc in 2019. The joffrey ballet school is the only ballet school in new york city that offers a wellrounded dance curriculum that includes serious training in both classical ballet technique, pointe, variations, adagio, mens. The dance patterns of the waltz of the flowers, choreographed by the dance historian claudia. But it also includes hiphop and other dance genres. Dec 08, 2017 advance publicity made a big deal of the fact that the brooklyn nutcracker incorporates both hiphop and ballet. The hip hop nutcracker, a contemporary work set to tchaikovskys timeless music, is an eveninglength production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen allstar dancers, dj and violinist.
The school is located in downtown brooklyn, in this link you can see their coronavirus updates, and you can watch their videos on. Nov 18, 2014 livi pass this around to the people we talked about. The rap pioneer kurtis blow has created the hiphop nutcracker, with breakdancing, hiphop dance and modern dance, for performances dec. The joffrey ballet school is the only ballet school in new york city that offers a wellrounded dance curriculum that includes serious training in both classical ballet technique, pointe, variations, adagio, mens classes and contemporary ballet technique, improvisation, partnering, as well as modern, character, choreography, dance history, music, pilates and yoga. I love the scene right after the love duet between mariaclara and the nutcracker prince. So weve rounded up more than 20 variations of the nutcracker. Buy the hip hop nutcracker ny tickets from the official site.
Brooklyn ballets nutcracker combines dance and technology for a christmas classic 2016 choreographer and brooklyn ballet artistic director lynn parkerson injects an unmistakable seasoning of brooklyn culture by casting hiphop pop and locker michael big mike fields as the mysterious uncle drosselmeyer among a baroque dance scene, a contrasting line of mirlitons dancing among. Deswell carr hip hop, preschool dance instructor deswell carr received his initial dance training as a student with the charles town dance studio, which held classes at the old opera house under the direction of anne walp and amanda cipriano until 2008. The hip hop nutcracker tour first time at kings theatre hip hop pioneer kurtis blow returns brooklyn, ny the hip hop nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to tchaikovskys timeless music, is set to return to the new york and new jersey area this holiday season. Through the spells cast by the mysterious drosselmeyer, mariaclara and her prince, myron, travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Train with charles at joffrey ballets nyc summer hip hop intensive or tampa summer hip hop intensive charles smith is a nycbased choreographer, dancer and actor. Since the age of 4, charles has been entertaining audiences and cultivating his childhood hobbies into a professional career in the arts. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet.
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