"I would just go right for the essence of what the winter holidays have meant to us in American culture and in dance culture. Because there's really no place besides the United States where the Nutcracker is so unavoidable. It's the one ballet that most Americans have seen. So I decided to dispense with the story and present it as a vaudeville." David Parker, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM on December 6, 2024