December brings with it a plethora of Nutcracker productions, however that’s not the one present on provide. Whether or not you’re in search of a memorable journey to the Land of the Sweets or would like one thing Sugarplum-free, listed below are 10 exhibits on our radar.
Received That Swing
NEW YORK CITY Lindy Hop returns to The Joyce Theater with a seasonal twist. A Very SW!NG OUT Vacation revives the favored present, created by Caleb Teicher, Evita Arce, LaTasha Barnes, Nathan Bugh, and Eyal Vilner, with the addition of holiday-favorite songs and, in fact, a post-show onstage jam session so audiences can take part on the social dancing themselves. Dec. 3–15. joyce.org.
All Eyes on Ailey
NEW YORK CITY A quartet of premieres crowns Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s house season at New York Metropolis Middle this yr. Interim creative director Matthew Dashing’s Sacred Songs attracts inspiration from music that was initially a part of Ailey’s seminal Revelations however later hit the cutting-room flooring. Former firm members Hope Boykin and Jamar Roberts every contribute a brand new dance, Boykin’s Discovering Free arriving with a commissioned rating by Matthew Whitaker and Roberts’ Al-Andalus Blues providing an abstraction of the golden age of Al-Andalus. And veteran dancemaker Lar Lubovitch creates his first work for the corporate, Many Angels, set to Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and impressed by the query “What number of angels can dance on the pinnacle of a pin?” A Twenty fifth-anniversary revival of Ronald Okay. Brown’s Grace, a brand new manufacturing of Elisa Monte’s Treading, reside music nights, repertory classics, and extra fill out the five-week season. Dec. 4–Jan. 5. ailey.org.
Behind the Curtain
NEW YORK CITY A gaggle of safety guards who’re all former actors are employed to guard a treasured theater curtain and the thriller it conceals, just for a rival firm—made up of ex-ballet dancers—to reach on the scene to steal the gig from below them. Oh, and the musical accompaniment is The Nutcracker. That’s the delightfully absurd premise of No President, which New York Metropolis–primarily based performance-art group Nature Theater of Oklahoma brings to NYU Skirball Dec. 5–7 for its U.S. premiere. nyuskirball.org.
NEW YORK CITY City Bush Girls continues its Fortieth-anniversary celebrations with Solo Meditations, a program comprising solos and duets from throughout the corporate’s repertory, some with reside music, at 92NY. Dec. 6–7. 92ny.org.
Meet the March Sisters
LOS ANGELES All year long, Little Girls Ballet has been presenting immersive experiences impressed by the Louisa Might Alcott coming-of-age traditional seasonally at Heritage Sq. Museum. This month, Emma Andres’ challenge culminates in an evening-length ballet, premiering on the Wilshire Ebell Theatre Dec. 7. littlewomenballet.com.
A Little Previous, a Little New
Notable Nutcrackers proliferate on each side of the Atlantic.
English Nationwide Ballet
SOUTHAMPTON AND LONDON Inventive director Aaron S. Watkin and choreographer Arielle Smith crew up for English Nationwide Ballet’s new manufacturing, which debuts in Southampton on the Mayflower Theatre Nov. 28–30 earlier than a blockbuster run on the London Coliseum, Dec. 12–Jan. 12. ballet.org.uk.
Ballet West
OGDEN AND SALT LAKE CITY, UT Willam Christensen’s manufacturing of The Nutcracker, America’s first, turns 80 this yr. Ballet West excursions the traditional to Ogden, Nov. 29–30, earlier than settling in for its conventional run at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Capitol Theatre Dec. 6–28. balletwest.org.
Acosta Danza
LONDON Acosta Danza’s UK tour of Carlos Acosta’s brand-new Nutcracker in Havana, that includes an association of the Tchaikovsky rating by Cuban composer Pepe Gavilondo and projection and set design by Nina Dunn, alights in London on the Southbank Centre Dec. 10–15, earlier than persevering with within the new yr. nutcrackerinhavana.com.
Cleveland Ballet
CLEVELAND Inventive director Timour Bourtasenkov places a bow on his first calendar yr on the helm of Cleveland Ballet with a brand new classical manufacturing of the repertory staple. Dec. 13–22. cleveballet.org.
Saint Louis Dance Theatre
ST. LOUIS Jazz St. Louis and Saint Louis Dance Theatre come collectively for the Ellington Strayhorn Nutcracker, with creative director Kirven Douthit-Boyd telling the story of a composer discovering surprising romance as he travels to the town’s Gaslight District to see a legendary musician for whom he hopes to write down a tune. Dec. 20–21. saintlouisdancetheatre.org.
