New Discount: Children 16 and under 1/2 price!
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Explore the sights, sounds, and stories behind this exciting American premiere at our special Nutcracker! web page!
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Venue: Zellerbach Hall
Price: $36/$52/$74
New Discount: Children 16 and under 1/2 price!
Subscription Series: Choose-Your-Own Subscription
One of the hottest choreographers in the world today, Matthew Bourne has made a mission of updating classic ballets into witty, iconoclastic dance/theater spectacles that have become modern dance classics in their own right. Like Bourne's mega-hits Swan Lake and Cinderella before it, this holiday gem was an over-the-top success in London, shattering Sadler's Wells box office records, and this U.S. debut has been hotly anticipated. Making the most of Bourne's trademark clever staging and satirical flair, Nutcracker! re-imagines the classic holiday story, following Clara's Christmas Eve dream from a bleak Victorian orphanage, through a shimmering ice-skating wonderland, to the candy-coated magical realm of Sweetieland. Set to Tchaikovsky's traditional score, with spectacularly colorful and whimsical sets and costumes by Olivier Award-winning designer Anthony Ward, Bourne's Nutcracker! is "a near-perfect blend of wit and wisdom, camp and romance, innocent charm and sly knowing," says CurtainUp (London).
Patron Information
Who is Matthew Bourne and what's this Nutcracker all about?
Watch a sneak preview of Nutcracker! while director/choreographer Matthew Bourne talks the production and his work.
- QuickTime Format (Get free player here)
- Broadband version here
- Dial-up version here
- RealVideo Format (Get free player here)
Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here.
Parking Alerts: Parking may be more difficult on campus for the December 1 and 4 (Wed and Sat) performances due to Cal Basketball home games. Please see our Parking Alert section for more information.
Related Performances:
Mark Morris Dance Group
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Eifman Ballet
Artists links:
Official Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! site
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