WEBVTT 00:00.933 --> 00:03.100 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (upbeat music) 00:10.400 --> 00:12.766 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% (jazz music) 00:18.766 --> 00:22.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% Hello, I'm Tony Williams, the creator, artistic director 00:22.266 --> 00:25.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% and principal choreographer of the Urban Nutcracker. 00:26.133 --> 00:28.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% My Urban Nutcracker puts a modern spin 00:28.500 --> 00:31.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% on the 19th century holiday tale, 00:31.400 --> 00:34.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% transporting audiences to an enchanted world 00:34.533 --> 00:37.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% where sultry strains of Duke Ellington dovetail 00:37.566 --> 00:39.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% with the heartbeat of Tchaikovsky. 00:41.000 --> 00:44.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Ballet, hip hop, tap, flamenco and swing 00:44.966 --> 00:48.233 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% blended to a fusion of contemporary and classical dance. 00:49.500 --> 00:52.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% But the Urban Nutcracker is much more than that. 00:52.933 --> 00:55.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% It's a celebration of who we are as a community. 00:57.000 --> 00:58.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% At the Urban Nutcracker, 00:58.466 --> 01:01.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% we know that art can change anybody's life. 01:01.600 --> 01:03.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It helped me leave a street gang 01:03.566 --> 01:05.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and become the first person of color, 01:05.366 --> 01:08.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% half black and half white, to be a principal dancer 01:08.833 --> 01:10.366 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% in the Boston Ballet. 01:11.633 --> 01:14.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% When the Urban Nutcracker premiered in 2001 01:14.233 --> 01:15.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5% at Boston's Strand Theater, 01:15.733 --> 01:18.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% it opened to an electric wall of applause 01:18.066 --> 01:19.566 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and standing ovations. 01:21.200 --> 01:24.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Since then, I've witnessed time and again 01:24.133 --> 01:26.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% the magic that happens when you merge ballet 01:26.766 --> 01:29.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% with dance traditions from other cultures. 01:29.933 --> 01:34.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5% You create a rich multicultural mosaic that works as art. 01:36.133 --> 01:37.100 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% So we begin! 01:37.266 --> 01:38.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5% downtown on the street filled 01:38.866 --> 01:40.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% with busking dancers 01:41.133 --> 01:43.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% adding an inner city twist 01:43.033 --> 01:45.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% to this holiday classic. 01:46.800 --> 01:49.433 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% (jazz music) 02:04.400 --> 02:07.033 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (upbeat music) 02:51.833 --> 02:54.466 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (feet tapping) 03:32.366 --> 03:33.966 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% (claps) 04:35.733 --> 04:38.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (fast tapping) 05:36.900 --> 05:39.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% (applause and cheers) 05:46.566 --> 05:49.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% As act one begins, it's Christmas eve 05:49.266 --> 05:51.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and the magician named Drosselmeyer 05:51.700 --> 05:54.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% is entertaining a group of children. 05:54.200 --> 05:56.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% But not all is as it seems. 06:02.333 --> 06:04.966 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (jazzy big band music) 08:54.366 --> 08:57.000 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 09:02.700 --> 09:05.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% (spirited symphonic music) 12:05.900 --> 12:08.233 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Ooh! 12:08.300 --> 12:10.600 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Aah! 14:22.133 --> 14:24.766 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 14:28.300 --> 14:30.933 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5% (jazzy music) 16:15.066 --> 16:17.700 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 16:22.333 --> 16:24.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% (spirited symphonic music) 17:15.600 --> 17:18.233 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5% (music stops) 17:24.700 --> 17:27.333 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% (darker string music) 20:06.900 --> 20:09.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (playful strings) 22:12.533 --> 22:15.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5% (strings with drum machine) 22:57.533 --> 23:00.233 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 23:02.100 --> 23:04.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% (soft string music) 23:35.200 --> 23:37.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% (fast string music) 24:05.833 --> 24:08.466 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5% (stately waltz) 24:54.633 --> 24:57.266 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 25:46.600 --> 25:49.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (symphonic music) 26:34.600 --> 26:37.233 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5% (clatter) 26:38.533 --> 26:41.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (somber piano) 27:14.566 --> 27:17.200 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5% (somber jazz) 28:51.633 --> 28:54.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (symphonic music) 29:52.700 --> 29:58.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% (bells toll midnight) 30:33.933 --> 30:39.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% (dramatic strings) 32:42.833 --> 32:43.966 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% (flatulence) 32:43.966 --> 32:45.100 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (audience laughs) 44:50.500 --> 44:52.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5% At the beginning of act two 44:52.400 --> 44:56.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Drosselmeyer escorts Clarisse to the land of fantasy 44:57.233 --> 44:59.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy 44:59.333 --> 45:00.933 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5% and her friends 45:02.200 --> 45:06.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Clarisse and Drosselmeyer are entertained by dancers 45:06.166 --> 45:08.466 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% from around the world. 45:52.833 --> 45:54.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% (slow swing music) 48:18.800 --> 48:20.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (symphonic music) 55:14.466 --> 55:15.900 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 55:30.466 --> 55:31.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% (symphonic music) 57:48.800 --> 57:50.233 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 58:07.233 --> 58:08.666 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5% (upbeat jazz) 01:00:28.700 --> 01:00:30.133 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5% (upbeat swing) 01:02:00.600 --> 01:02:03.066 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 01:03:05.000 --> 01:03:06.433 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Woo! 01:03:14.400 --> 01:03:15.833 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% (feet tapping) 01:03:28.566 --> 01:03:30.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% (symphonic music) 01:04:53.566 --> 01:04:56.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (applause and cheers) 01:05:09.866 --> 01:05:11.300 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% (symphonic music) 01:07:18.433 --> 01:07:20.900 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 01:07:35.133 --> 01:07:37.600 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:32.5% (jazz swing) 01:11:40.033 --> 01:11:42.800 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 01:11:53.466 --> 01:11:55.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (slow strings and harp) 01:16:04.600 --> 01:16:06.800 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 01:17:16.566 --> 01:17:22.666 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% (applause and cheers) 01:19:21.033 --> 01:19:23.233 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% (applause) 01:19:39.366 --> 01:19:42.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:57.5% (grand symphonic music) 01:20:34.500 --> 01:20:36.533 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5% (tapping) 01:23:53.566 --> 01:23:55.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5% (music builds) 01:24:23.266 --> 01:24:25.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (applause and cheers) 01:24:32.466 --> 01:24:34.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat jazzy music) 01:24:36.733 --> 01:24:39.233 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (applause and cheers)