Shared program at Arts On Site: Louise Benkelman, Alexis Carpenter, McGrath/Brush Works, and Amber Sloan
Sunday, November 17th at 3:30pm and 5:30pm
12 St Mark Place, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10003
The Bang Group’s Nut/Cracked
Saturday, December 14th at 2pm & 7pm
Thursday, December 19th at 6:30pm
92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center
1395 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10128
Nut/Cracked — The Bang Group’s beloved, witty response to The Nutcracker — has enthralled audiences for more than two decades.
Nut/Cracked takes its inspiration from all corners of the dance canon, from tap riffs to en pointe ballet, by way of bubble wrap, disco and take-out noodles. In Nut/Cracked, choreographer David Parker finds beauty in the ridiculous waltzing us through many incarnations of Tchaikovsky’s score including versions by Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller as well as the familiar orchestral suite. You’ll never watch The Nutcracker in quite the same way again!
“Mr. Parker’s piece is not only immensely entertaining but also intensely musical and witty, melding tap, disco, ballet and contemporary dance over 22 scenes that combine fantasy and silliness to marvelous effect.” — Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times
“… a passionate declaration of naïveté in the best sense: innocence regained.” —Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times.