Urban Nutcracker

Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker, the modern Boston-centric holiday classic produced by City Ballet of Boston, moves online for 2020. Special this year, Urban Nutcracker offers a stream of the recording of their 2019 production to audiences!

A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon-buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky.

The streaming performances, November 28—December 24, 2020, showcase winter scenes set in present-day downtown Boston, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. Anchored by classical ballet, the performances also include a broad range of dance forms such as tap, hip-hop, flamenco, and jazz, accompanied by a small orchestra of local musicians.

Tony Williams says, “The magic of our Urban Nutcracker production can be shared with family and friends near and far this holiday season! The success of our production with audiences through the years is due, in part, to the blending of Tchaikovsky’s eternally classic music with Duke Ellington’s jazz arrangements of the score.”