Dorrance Dance: The Ellington-Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite at Kennedy Center
Review by Marilyn Lester . . . In 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the The Nutcracker Suite, a ballet of eight numbers, grouped in three movements. In 1960, the traditional suite, performed times beyond counting by ballet companies everywhere, got some competition"a jazz version. Suddenly, the music "got that swing," arranged by Duke Ellington and […] The post Dorrance Dance: The Ellington-Strayhorn Nutcrack…