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Nutcracker Sweeties (1997)

Nutcracker Sweeties (1997)

Music

"A delicious extravaganza!"

Release Date: 1997, June 18
Directors: Peter Mumford
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Dancelines Productions, Dancelines Productions, NVC Arts, NVC Arts
Cast: Monica Zamora, Samuel Armstrong, Silvia Jiménez, Robert Parker, Asier Uriagereka, Chi Cao, Reiko Miura, Nao Sakuma, Karina Hernandez, Rachel Peppin, Micheal O'Hare, Timothy Cross

Overview:

Nutcracker Sweeties is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s big band take on the Tchaikovsky classic—The Nutcracker as you've never seen or heard it before! It portrays Broadway and America in the 1940s: full of humor, irony, commentary, swing, and blues. The cast, dressed in an array of glamorous Jasper Conran costumes, includes pom-pom girls, drum majorettes, sailors, GIs and Candy Kane. David Bintley’s choreography is a catwalk of jazz styles. With its eye-catching clothes and flashing neon sets, Nutcracker Sweeties is imaginative, funny and visually irresistible.

Keywords:

ballet ballet performance birmingham royal ballet