The Hard Nut

December 15 & 16 at 8:00pm
December 16 at 2pm
December 17 at 3pm

Music by P. I. Tchaikovsky
performed by the MMDG Music Ensemble
conducted by Robert Cole
Hudson Valley Wouth Chorus Barbara Pickhardt, Artistic Director

Based on "Nutcracker and Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffman Production based on the work of Charles Burns Set Design by Adrianne Lobel Costume Design by Martin Pakledinaz Lighting Design by James F. Ingalls

The Hard Nut returned to the east coast in 2006 for a special anniversary celebration engagement at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Revealing the depth of Morris's unsurpassed talents in a seemingly endless display of creativity and masterful dancing, The Hard Nut leaves you laughing breathlessly one moment (with dancing Barbie Dolls, G.I. Joes, hilarious snowflakes, and waltzing flowers) and with a lump in your throat the next (a deeply moving pas de deux). "Morris reveals what pure choreography can do that narrative dance-theatre can't: make music visible, show what happiness looks like," said The Guardian (London) of this holiday classic, set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score.