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Ten reasons to see 'The Nutcracker' this holiday season
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- You will finally be able to hear the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies" as it was meant to be heard, not as background music for any number of box-store holiday commercials or seasonal elevator muzak.
- Because people dressed as dancing candy, bonbons, sugar-coated nuts, candied fruit, peppermint sticks, and pastries should simply not be missed.
- It’s Tchaikovsky. ‘Nuff said.
- Any ballet that can make -- without a single joke or double entendre -- such gratuitous use of a nutcracker while the stage is full of men in unitards is a rare artistic achievement.
- See it now before the 2009 film version, starring John Turturro as the Mouse King, is released.
- See it to forget the 1993 film version, starring Macaulay Culkin in the title role.
- If you’re only exposure to The Nutcracker is the 1988 Care Bears version, you are really missing out.
- Similarly, if you’re only experience with The Nutcracker is one of the countless “Nutcracker on Ice” versions (which have starred everyone from Dorothy Hamill to Oksana Baiul), you are really, really missing out.
- The timeless story, combined with beautiful music and impressive dance, is a great way to introduce ballet to the young’uns.
- Because it’s easy enough to catch a performance: there are over 30 different productions of The Nutcracker in the Boston area alone this holiday season.
For more info: For listings of Nutcracker performances in the Boston area, visit The Boston Globe or the Nutcracker Ballet website.
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