A holiday mash-up for the entire family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary work set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, will make a stop at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, Saturday, Nov. 28 at 2:00 pm - for one performance only - as part of its inaugural tour.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker is directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, artistic director of the all-female hip-hop crew Decadancetheatre in Brooklyn. It is adapted to today’s New York by Mike Fitelson, executive director of UPCA – the work’s original producer – and includes hip-hop interludes remixed and reimagined by DJ Boo and violinist Filip Pogády.
For its stop at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, The Hip Hop Nutcracker features special guest MC Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded rap music.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker is an evening-length production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen all-star dancers, DJ and violinist. Through the spells cast by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, Maria-Clara and her prince, Myron, travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Digital scenery transforms E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story of a palace of sugarplums into a romance set in 1980s Brooklyn. The dance work celebrates love, community and the magic of New Year’s Eve.
Virgil Gadson and Megan “Megz” Alfonso, dancers from last year’s cast of The Hip Hop Nutcracker, are currently competing as top finalists in So You Think You Can Dance, the hit series on Fox television.
Other members of the creative team include Andrew Diaz (set), Whitney Adams (costumes), Burke Wilmore (lighting) and Moe Shahrooz (video design).
TICKETS
Tickets, priced at $25.50, $35.50, $55.50 and $75.50, are on sale at www.FoxTheatre.org, by calling 855-285-8499, or at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office.
Tickets, priced at $25.50, $35.50, $55.50 and $75.50, are on sale at www.FoxTheatre.org, by calling 855-285-8499, or at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office.
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Sat., Nov. 28th at 2pm at The Fox Theatre
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