photo: Scott Pakudaitis
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Zenon Dance Company
The Nutcracker According
to Mother Goose
Directed by Kay Cummings
Choreography by Seán Curran
Poetry and text by Bruce Lansky
December 13-21, 2008,
Sat. Dec. 13 at 10am & 1pm,
Fri. Dec. 19 at 7pm,
Sat. Dec. 20 at 10am, 1 & 4pm,
Sun. Dec. 21 at 1pm
& 4pm
Mother Goose’s Tea Party!
Dec. 13 at 12pm
Dec. 19 at 6pm
Dec. 21 at 3pm
Tickets:
Performance only: $18 adult,
$12 children 12 and under,
pay-as-able Dec. 20 at 10am
Performance plus Mother Goose’s Tea
Party: $28 adult, $22 children
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"...the Zenon dancers offer up a sweet holiday treat for the little ones with a smash-up of the Mother Goose tales and the Nutcracker ballet."
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City Pages
This imaginative version of The Nutcracker Suite features Mother Goose along with Jack and Jill, Wee Willie Winkie, Little Bo Peep, Mary and her lamb and other delightful nursery rhyme characters set to the captivating music of Tchaikovsky’s
Nutcracker. The story unfolds as Mother Goose’s favorite characters unwrap the gifts she has left for them under the Christmas tree: magic dancing slippers that enable them to dance their stories. A lesson about the pleasure of giving, the joy of sharing and the wonders of dance! Penned by popular children’s author Bruce Lansky, director Kay Cummings and New York choreographer Seán Curran reinvent the wheel on this holiday season favorite, dancing new life into beloved characters just when you thought you’d seen it all before.
Mother Goose’s Tea Party
Reserve your space for Mother Goose’s Tea Party, hosted by the Southern Theater at the Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome, just steps from our front door. The party begins one hour before select performances. Hot chocolate, finger sandwiches, and a chance to hobnob with Mother Goose!
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