DANCE
Of Mice and Music: A Jazz Nutcracker
December 8-December 18, 2011
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Celebrate the holidays with the whole family and join Tapestry Dance Company with this Austin-tatious rhythm tap and jazz spin on the beloved yuletide story, The Nutcracker. A new annual Tapestry tradition which premiered to rave reviews and standing ovations in 2009, OF MICE AND MUSIC unites the company's professional dancers with the rising stars of its pre-apprentice youth company Visions in Rhythm and the children, youth and adults who study with its dance academy to share a love for rhythm and movement that only Tapestry Dance Company can bring to the stage!
OF MICE AND MUSIC: A Jazz Nutcracker is performed to original music based on Tchaikovsky’s well-known melodies and jazz classics. This delightfully entertaining musical score was adapted and is performed LIVE by Austin’s own jazz trio Blue J, featuring guitarist Jim Collard, bassist Josh Espinoza, and drummer Masumi Jones.
Tapestry Artistic Director and National Tap Hall of Famer, Acia Gray takes the “Drosselmeyer” role from the original story as Ms. Bon Marche, a dance diva who introduces little Clara to a world of dance by giving her a pair of TAP SHOES. Tapestry Dance Company member, Travis Knights (formerly of Tap Dogs) takes the role of the Mouse King and with his powerful style of contemporary rhythm tap leads an army of tapping mice in their battle against The Nutcracker. Of course the traditional second act solos, including Spanish, Chinese and Russian, are brought into the world of contemporary movement and tap dance along with tap classics such as the infamous “Walk Around” by Tony Award winning choreographer Charles “Honi” Coles, reworked into a new take on “Snow.”
Best of all, it’s only an hour long that leaves you time to go shopping for those tap shoes!
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The Carver Center
1165 Angelina
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TIckets are $25
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December 8-December 18, 2011Times:
Tues – Sat at 7:00pm (dark on the evening of the 10th)
Sat-Sun 2:00pm
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