A tap dance Christmas Carol.A tap dance version of Dickens' holiday tale might seem a bit odd, but in the hands of Cheryl Johnson and Anthony Peters it makes a jolly alternative to The Nutcracker. The co-directors of Johnson and Peters Tap Dance know how to tell a story with a time step. In this version Scrooge (Johnson) was a hoofer hoof·er n. Slang A professional dancer, especially a tap dancer. hoofer Noun Slang a professional dancer Noun 1. who left the stage and her partner in search of wealth. Bob Cratchit Robert "Bob" Cratchit is a fictional character, the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol. In the story, Cratchit is seen at work, where he copies letters by hand in an underheated "dismal little cell", "a sort of tank", heads a family of dancers--even Tiny Tim Tiny Tim crippled son of Bob Cratchit. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] See : Lameness taps, turning his crutch crutch (kruch) a staff, ordinarily extending from the armpit to the ground, with a support for the hand and usually also for the arm or axilla; used to support the body in walking. crutch n. into a cane so he can join the act. Peters dances all three spirits, turning Christmas Present into a lounge singer and guiding Scrooge through her tribulations so that she can reclaim her "festive feet." December 9-18, Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle; www.tapdanceseattle.com. |
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