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(upbeat music)

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(jazz music)

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Hello, I'm Tony Williams, the 
creator, artistic director

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and principal choreographer 
of the Urban Nutcracker.

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My Urban Nutcracker 
puts a modern spin

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on the 19th century 
holiday tale,

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transporting audiences 
to an enchanted world

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where sultry strains of 
Duke Ellington dovetail

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with the heartbeat 
of Tchaikovsky.

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Ballet, hip hop, tap, 
flamenco and swing

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blended to a fusion 
of contemporary and 
classical dance.

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But the Urban Nutcracker 
is much more than that.

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It's a celebration of who 
we are as a community.

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At the Urban Nutcracker,

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we know that art can 
change anybody's life.

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It helped me leave a street gang

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and become the first 
person of color,

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half black and half white, 
to be a principal dancer

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in the Boston Ballet.

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When the Urban Nutcracker 
premiered in 2001

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at Boston's Strand Theater,

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it opened to an electric 
wall of applause

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and standing ovations.

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Since then, I've 
witnessed time and again

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the magic that happens 
when you merge ballet

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with dance traditions 
from other cultures.

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You create a rich multicultural 
mosaic that works as art.

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So we begin!

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downtown on the street filled

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with busking dancers

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adding an inner city twist

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to this holiday classic.

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(jazz music)

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(upbeat music)

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(feet tapping)

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(claps)

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(fast tapping)

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(applause and cheers)

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As act one begins, 
it's Christmas eve

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and the magician named 
Drosselmeyer

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is entertaining a  
group of children.

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But not all is as it seems.

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(jazzy big band music)

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(applause)

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(spirited symphonic music)

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Ooh!

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Aah!

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(applause)

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(jazzy music)

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(applause)

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(spirited symphonic music)

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(music stops)

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(darker string music)

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(playful strings)

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(strings with drum machine)

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(applause)

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(soft string music)

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(fast string music)

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(stately waltz)

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(applause)

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(symphonic music)

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(clatter)

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(somber piano)

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(somber jazz)

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(symphonic music)

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(bells toll midnight)

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(dramatic strings)

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(flatulence)

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(audience laughs)

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At the beginning of act two

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Drosselmeyer escorts Clarisse  
to the land of fantasy

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They are greeted by the  
Sugar Plum Fairy

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and her friends

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Clarisse and Drosselmeyer  
are entertained by dancers

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from around the world.

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(slow swing music)

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(symphonic music)

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(applause)

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(symphonic music)

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(applause)

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(upbeat jazz)

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(upbeat swing)

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(applause)

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Woo!

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(feet tapping)

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(symphonic music)

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(applause and cheers)

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(symphonic music)

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(applause)

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(jazz swing)

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(applause)

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(slow strings and harp)

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(applause)

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(applause and cheers)

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(applause)

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(grand symphonic music)

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(tapping)

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(music builds)

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(applause and cheers)

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(upbeat jazzy music)

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(applause and cheers)