HIP HOP NUTCRACKER Coming To The Detroit Opera House

Every part outdated is new once more. Tchaikovsky’s 129-year-old ballet is reimagined as a vacation dance spectacle in The Hip Hop Nutcracker (www.hiphopnutcracker.com), performs the Detroit Opera Home for one efficiency solely on Sunday, December 5, 2021, at 6:30 p.m.

The manufacturing — now in its triumphant return for a seventh season — options hip hop pioneer Kurtis “The Breaks” Blow, the primary rapper to be signed by a serious label in 1979. Forty-two years and a coronary heart transplant later, hip hop’s founding father remains to be performing as MC of The Hip Hop Nutcracker.

Tickets begin at $29 and go on sale Friday, October 15 on-line at Ticketmaster.com, by cellphone at 800-982-2787, and in individual on the Fisher Theatre Field Workplace.

Upon seeing The Hip Hop Nutcracker, ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov mentioned, “Athleticism is one factor and artistry is one other, however Jennifer Weber‘s Hip Hop Nutcracker places the 2 collectively like I’ve by no means seen. It is deeply shifting, ingeniously fashionable and pure magic.”

Weber is the Olivier and Emmy Award-nominated choreographer for the powerhouse solid of 1 dozen all-star dancers, an on-stage DJ, and an electrical violinist who flip the beloved Tchaikovsky rating on its head, whereas celebrating hip hop dance tradition, love, and neighborhood.

Blow has paved the best way for generations of hip-hop artists after scoring the primary licensed gold report rap track in 1980, “The Breaks.” Blow can be liable for “Christmas Rappin’, the perennial first rap vacation track. His current coronary heart transplant has given him new perspective on life, his followers and touring.

“It is unbelievable for me to satisfy followers, and their youngsters, and their youngsters’ youngsters who love hip hop music,” says Blow. “It jogs my memory of how The Nutcracker brings individuals of all ages collectively too. I hope everybody makes vacation reminiscences for a lifetime after they come to our present.”

In The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker prince go on a dream journey battling a gang of mice, visiting the land of sweets, and studying the teachings of the vacation season. Progressive digital graffiti and visuals remodel the panorama of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s beloved story from conventional nineteenth Century Germany to the colourful, numerous sights and sounds of a colourful and modern New York Metropolis. The Hip Hop Nutcracker is an genuine expression of hip-hop dance and tradition that celebrates the magic of your complete vacation season on probably the most inclusive vacation of all of them – New Yr’s Eve, a time for brand new beginnings.

For extra details about the place to buy tickets to The Hip Hop Nutcracker, go to www.hiphopnutcracker.com.