Nutcracker Key West.Picture an undersea Nutcracker set in a mangrove mangrove, large tropical evergreen tree, genus Rhizophora, that grows on muddy tidal flats and along protected ocean shorelines. Mangroves are most abundant in tropical Asia, Africa, and the islands of the SW Pacific. swamp, where fighting sharks assume the Russian Cossack roles and sea nymphs dance the Arabian variation, and you've pictured Key West Ballet's 2005 production. Artistic director Angela Whitehill and producer Joyce Stahl have concocted a Keys-specific ballet; except for the grand pas de deux pas de deux (French; “step for two”) Dance for two performers. A characteristic part of classical ballet, it includes an adagio, or slow dance, by the ballerina and her partner; solo variations by the male dancer and then the ballerina; and a coda, or (featuring guest artists Nikolaj Hubbe and Wendy Whelan Wendy Whelan (IPA: /ˈʍiːlən/) (born 1967) is a ballerina and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. ), the production is radically different. "All over the city, chickens and roosters are walking around, so we'll have those instead of mice," Whitehill says. The toy soldiers? Sailors. Clara and her cavalier cross the Cuban Sea to a coral reef populated by sea creatures, snowy egrets, moonbeams A defunct childrens' cancer charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before ceasing activities, it was the subject of a scandal surrounding the use of donated money. £3 milllion were donatyed by the public with only £70,000 going to cancer victims and their families [1]. , and in an inventive twist on the Mother Ginger variation, Neptune and a band of tiny dancing shrimp. December 16-18, Key West High School; www.keystix.com. |
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