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Dorrance Dance

December 15 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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$42 – $98
Dorrance Dance on stage mid-performance

Cal Performances presents Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite, December 14–15, 2024 at Zellerbach Hall
Photo by: Christopher Duggan

Tap dance meets jazz rhythms in Dorrance Dance’s production of this holiday classic. Danced to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazz interpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky score, The Nutcracker Suite boogies, slides, struts, and dives through the magical story of a young girl and her fantastical Christmas adventure. Along with collaborators Hannah Heller and Josette Wiggan, artistic director Michelle Dorrance gives the ballet’s pageant of national dances a 21st-century twist as the Sugar Plum Fairy transforms into a slinky Sugar Rum Cherry and the “March of the Toy Soldiers” becomes a swinging brass “Peanut Brittle Brigade” romp, among other creative inventions…

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Date:
December 15
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Series:
Cost:
$42 – $98
Event Website:
https://calperformances.org/events/2024-25/dance/dorrance-dance-the-nutcracker-suite/
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Cal Performances
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5106429988
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calperfsprstudent@gmail.com
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Cal Performances Zellerbach Hall
101 Zellerbach Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
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