Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre presents
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
December 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
December 2, 2023 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
School Show – Dec. 1 @ 10:00 a.m. Call the box office for tickets: 828-257-4530, ext. 1.
A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON!
Expect the brilliantly unexpected from Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre’s twelfth annual performance of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. ACDT has surprised audiences over the years with their original version of The Nutcracker. Though The Nutcracker is one of the world’s most famous ballets, if it is performed by ACDT you can guarantee it is something you haven’t seen before. Their version couldn’t be farther from Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet. It is based on the original story written in 1816 by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann.
“I always want to go back to the original story,” artistic co-director Collard says. “The characters and the story are always so much more interesting.” Take, for example, the King and Queen of Sausages, who have surprised and delighted audiences with delightful humor, and the party guests wrapped in gorgeous costumes dancing a wild and wonderful polka. And then there is the famous Mouse King and his lovely wife and their numerous children creating havoc all over the ballet, with magical aerialists flying over head creating a surrealism to visually delight all ages.
Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre (ACDT) is a non-profit professional dance company created in 1979. As western North Carolina’s first professional modern dance company, they believe that everything everywhere is dance and everyone is a dancer. ACDT is devoted to local and international work, forging collaborations and partnerships between Asheville artists and dance artists from around the world.
