It’s The Nutcracker, but definitely not as we know it. Mixing Tchaikovsky’s original score with music by Duke Ellington, Glen Miller and others, the company turns the sugar coated ballet into a percussive piece of dance theatre. Nothing is sacred as Nut/Cracked twists and melds various dance traditions into an ode to American eclecticism which honors the power of the human urge to dance while riding Tchaikovsky’s voluptuous waves of rhythm. The concert will also feature original work by K-State Dance faculty.

Nut/Cracked by David Parker; Other Delights by K-State Faculty