{"id":17787,"date":"2017-12-12T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2017-12-12T15:15:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:15:17","slug":"hip-hop-nutcracker-featuring-kurtis-blow-in-brooklyn-at-kings-theatre-sat-dec-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/hip-hop-nutcracker-featuring-kurtis-blow-in-brooklyn-at-kings-theatre-sat-dec-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop Nutcracker Featuring Kurtis Blow In Brooklyn at Kings Theatre Sat Dec 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"><b><strong><u>THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER<\/u><\/strong><\/b><b><strong><u>\u00a0TOUR FIRST TIME AT KINGS THEATRE\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/b><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>Hip Hop Pioneer Kurtis Blow Returns<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><b><strong>BROOKLYN, NY<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky\u2019s timeless music, is set to return to the New York and New Jersey area this holiday season.\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>will feature\u00a0<b><strong>Kurtis Blow<\/strong><\/b>, one of hip hop\u2019s founding fathers, opening the show with a short set before rapping the introduction.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the first year the show will play the Kings Theatre after 3 successful years of touring. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ijr9kv\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ijr9kv<\/a>\u00a0($79 \/ $59 \/ $39 \/ $29 &#8211; priced by section) and show is Saturday December 16 at 8pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: 115%;\">Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber and co-created\/written by Mike Fitelson in 2014,\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0is a full-length production featuring a dozen all-star dancers, an on-stage DJ and an electric violinist.\u00a0 The traditional classic Tchaikovsky score beautifully complements the power moves of these 12 dancers, with transitional and incidental music re-mixed and re-imagined, helping to bring a beautifully surprising contemporary vibe to the production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got some of the best dancers in the world performing in a show that is being reimagined in a truly spectacular way,\u201d says Blow. \u201cThe creative team has turned this old classic into a new classic, and audiences love this new adaptation everywhere we go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: 115%;\">Just like the classic Nutcracker story, in\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker prince go on a dream adventure battling a gang of mice, visiting the land of sweets and learning the lessons of the holiday season. Innovative digital graffiti and visuals transform the landscape of E.T.A. Hoffmann\u2019s beloved story from traditional 19th Century Germany to the vibrant, diverse sights and sounds of a colorful and contemporary New York City. Through the modern, self-expressive gaze of hip hop culture, the dynamic performers of\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0celebrate the magic of the entire holiday season on the most inclusive holiday of them all &#8211; New Year\u2019s Eve, a time for new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7d8rmabFBEI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more about\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0and to find information about where to purchase tickets, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hiphopnutcracker.com\/%23tours\">http:\/\/hiphopnutcracker.com\/#tours<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0on social media<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thehiphopnutcracker\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thehiphopnutcracker\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hiphopnutcracker\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hiphopnutcracker\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hhnutcracker\/\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/hhnutcracker\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWpqgbYykPixFpjG95rA_xg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWpqgbYykPixFpjG95rA_xg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><strong>JENNIFER WEBER (Director\/Choreographer)<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0is an award-winning director-choreographer whose career has spanned concert dance, commercial events, theatre and TV.\u00a0 A physical storyteller at heart, Weber brings projects to life with her unique sense of visual narrative.\u00a0\u00a0 Weber is the director-choreographer of the international touring hit\u00a0<b><strong>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/strong><\/b>, as well as the founder and director of Brooklyn-based hip hop theatre company,\u00a0Decadancetheatre\u00a0(for which she was nominated for the \u201cOutstanding Emerging Choreographer\u201d New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award).\u00a0 Her concert dance work has toured across the US, UK, Russia and France performing at venues including Jacob\u2019s Pillow Dance Festival, The Apollo Theater, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, London\u2019s Southbank Center, The Everyman in Liverpool, New York City Center, Bumbershoot in Seattle, The Music Center, Los Angeles and The Stanislavsky Music Theatre in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weber has\u00a0choreographed immersive and staged events for brands including American Express, Uber,\u00a0Ulta,\u00a0L\u2019Oreal\u00a0Matrix, Reebok, Philosophy, Marc Jacobs, Hormel and CK2.\u00a0 She is currently the director for the tour of Lifetime\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong>Bring It Live!\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>With Coach D and the Dancing Dolls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a choreographer, her theater credits include the US Premier of Bryony\u00a0Lavery\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong>Stockholm<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0Stageworks\/Hudson, PBS\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong>Odd Squad Live\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Tour,\u00a0<b><strong>James Brown: Get On the Good Foot<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0for The Apollo Theater\/US Tour (contributing choreographer with director Otis\u00a0Sallid),\u00a0<b><strong>Cruel Intentions The Musical<\/strong><\/b>,\u00a0and Ars Nova\u2019s\u00a0upcoming\u00a0immersive theater experience,\u00a0<b><strong>KPOP<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0(Fall 2017)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><b><strong>MIKE FITELSON (<em>Writer\/Co-Creator)<\/em><\/strong><\/b><em>\u00a0<\/em>is the executive director of the United Palace of Cultural Arts (UPCA) and original producer of T<em>he Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/em>.\u00a0 He is also the co-creator of the show with Jennifer Weber, adapting the story and supplying the images for the scenery. Fitelson has worked to build the arts community of Northern Manhattan for over a decade. He co-founded the community\u2019s annual arts festival, the Uptown Arts Stroll in 2003; served in every capacity of the Manhattan Times, the bilingual community newspaper of Washington Heights and Inwood, from 2002-2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><strong>EVA PRICE (Executive Producer)\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>is a Tony Award-winning producer whose credits include over 15 Broadway plays, musicals, and concerts. She is a member of The Broadway League\u2019s Board of Governors and was named one of Crain\u2019s NY 40 Under Forty Rising Business Stars. Current and notable productions include:\u00a0<b><strong><em>Dear Evan Hansen\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/b>(6<b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Tony Awards)<b><strong>;\u00a0<em>On Your Feet!<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(The Story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan);\u00a0<b><strong><em>Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!<\/em>;\u00a0<em>Peter and the Starcatcher<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(5 Tony Awards);\u00a0<b><strong><em>Colin Quinn Long Story Short\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/b>(directed by Jerry Seinfeld);\u00a0<b><strong><em>Annie<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(Tony-Nominated Musical Revival);\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Merchant of Venice\u00a0<\/em>starring Al Pacino\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(Tony-Nominated Play Revival)<b><strong>;\u00a0<em>Carrie Fisher\u2019s Wishful Drinking<\/em>;\u00a0<em>The Addams Family<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth);<b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>as well as several solo shows and critically acclaimed concerts starring\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Temptations &amp; The Four Tops; Kathy Griffin; Lewis Black;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/b>and\u00a0<b><strong><em>Hershey Felder<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Recent off-Broadway projects include\u00a0<b><strong><em>KPOP<\/em><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0(Ars Nova),\u00a0<b><strong><em>Cruel Intentions The Musical<\/em><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0(Le Poisson Rouge)the Drama Desk-nominated<b><strong>\u00a0<em>Found<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(Atlantic Theater Company &amp; Philadelphia Theater Company<b><strong>);\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Benjamin Scheuer\u2019s award-winning\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Lion<\/em>\u00a0(<\/strong><\/b>Drama Desk winner, Off-West End winner for Best Musical);<b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>and Bess Wohl\u2019s critically acclaimed\u00a0<b><strong><em>Small Mouth Sounds<\/em><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0(Outer Critic\u2019s Circle Award)<b><strong>.<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0International and Touring Credits include:<b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/em><\/strong><\/b><em>,<\/em>\u00a0featuring Rap Icon Kurtis Blow,\u00a0<b><strong><em>Carefree: Dancin\u2019 with Fred and Ginger\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/b>(Directed\/Choreographed by Tony Winner Warren Carlyle), as well as\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Magic School Bus, Live! The Climate Challenge<\/em><\/strong><\/b>;\u00a0<b><strong><em>Ella<\/em><\/strong><\/b>, a bio musical about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald;\u00a0\u2018<b><strong><em>S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical<\/em><\/strong><\/b>; Tomie dePaola\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong><em>Strega Nona The Musical<\/em><\/strong><\/b>; Irving Berlin\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong><em>I Love A Piano\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/b>(National Tour and Japan);\u00a0<b><strong><em>The Great American Trailer Park Musical;<\/em><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<b><strong><em>Private Jokes, Public Places<\/em><\/strong><\/b>\u00a0(London). For five years Eva worked as an assignment editor and coordinating producer for special projects at ABC News, spending her last year producing and reporting on stories relating to Broadway for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.com\/\">ABCNEWS.COM<\/a>. Upcoming: Alanis Morissette\u2019s\u00a0<b><strong><em>Jagged Little Pill.<\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><strong><u>About Kurtis Blow<\/u><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A hip-hop legend, Kurtis Blow was 20 in 1979, when he became the first rapper to be signed by a major label. Mercury released \u201cChristmas Rappin\u2019,\u201d and it sold more than 400,000 copies, becoming an annual classic. Its gold follow-up, The Breaks, helped ignite an international \u201cRap Attack.\u201d He released 10 albums in over 11 years: his full-length debut, Kurtis Blow; his second, Deuce, a Top 50 Pop album and a big hit across Europe; Party Time featuring a pioneering fusion of rap and gogo; and Ego Trip, including the hits \u201c8 Million Stories,\u201d \u201cAJ\u201d and \u201cBasketball.\u201d In 1985 he released America, featuring \u201cIf I Ruled the World,\u201d a Top 5 hit on Billboard\u2019s R&amp;B chart; Columbia\/Sony recording artist Nas debuted at No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Pop Album chart with a cover of the song in 1997. 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