The Hip Hop Nutcracker

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A holiday mash-up for the entire family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary work set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, embarks on an international tour on the strength of last December’s sold-out performances of the world premiere at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and United Palace of Cultural Arts (UPCA) in New York City.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker featuring rap music legend MC Kurtis Blow as guest MC comes to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on December 17 at 7:30 PM. Reserved seat tickets go on sale Friday, October 2 at 10 AM at the North Charleston Coliseum Advance Ticket Office, Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices start at just $29.50 (plus applicable fees). Group discounts are available by calling (843) 529-5007.

The inaugural tour, produced by NJPAC, spans 11 American cities starting in November – Atlanta, GA, Miami, FL, St. Paul, MN, and Charlotte, NC, among them – before concluding with a two-city tour of Russia, including Moscow, from Jan. 12-17, 2016.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker is directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, artistic director of the all-female hip-hop crew Decadancetheatre in Brooklyn. It is adapted to today’s New York by Mike Fitelson, executive director of UPCA – the work’s original producer – and includes hip-hop interludes remixed and reimagined by DJ Boo and violinist Filip Pogády.

For its stop at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on December 17, The Hip Hop Nutcracker features special guest MC Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded rap music.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker is an evening-length production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen all-star dancers, DJ and violinist. Through the spells cast by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, Maria-Clara and her prince, Myron, travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Digital scenery transforms E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story of a palace of sugarplums into a romance set in 1980s Brooklyn. The dance work celebrates love, community and the magic of New Year’s Eve.

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