Tuesday, December 13, 2011
As I child growing up in the 70s, there were two music soundtracks that, for me, defined Christmas: “The Nat King Cole Christmas Album,” and “Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker.” That’s why when I learned that the Restoration Youth Arts Academy, in conjunction with the Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre, would be performing “The Ebony Nutcracker,” I had to grab my godchildren, and go. The production, which ran two shows this past Sunday at the Teunis G. Bergen Elementary School, was a part of the Choreoquest program, a project of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Center for Arts and Culture, which shares resources with and provides residencies for emerging and veteran choreographers and dance companies.
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