DANCE
December 28, 2024
Hip Hop Nutcracker
7:30 PM
Admission: $39.50
A holiday mash-up for the whole family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker returns for another spectacular tour. Directed and choreographed by Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Jennifer Weber, this contemporary dance spectacleis a re-mixed and re-imagined version of the classic, smashing hip hop dance and Tchaikovsky’s timeless music together into a heart-stirring and inspirational holiday event.The Hip Hop Nutcracker is brought to life by a powerhouse cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop’s founding fathers, who opens the show with a short set.
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
(919) 680-2787
www.dpacnc.com
January 31, 2025
States of Hope: HopeBoykinDance
7:30 PM
Admission: $25+
Durham native and former Alvin Ailey dancer Hope Boykin brings States of Hope, a powerful and honest work of dance-theater, for its hometown premiere. In this fully-scripted autobiographical performance, Boykin narrates her own journey as a dancer and artist as seven dancers move on stage to an original score by Ali Jackson. Each dancer embodies elements of Boykin’s personality, laying bare inner thoughts and conflict as they interact with each other. This profound, ambitious, vulnerable work is a powerful excavation of an artistic life.
Duke University
Reynolds Industries Theater
125 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-4444
https://arts.duke.edu
December 28, 2024
Hip Hop Nutcracker
7:30 PM
Admission: $39.50
A holiday mash-up for the whole family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker returns for another spectacular tour. Directed and choreographed by Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Jennifer Weber, this contemporary dance spectacleis a re-mixed and re-imagined version of the classic, smashing hip hop dance and Tchaikovsky’s timeless music together into a heart-stirring and inspirational holiday event.The Hip Hop Nutcracker is brought to life by a powerhouse cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop’s founding fathers, who opens the show with a short set.
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
(919) 680-2787
www.dpacnc.com
January 31, 2025
States of Hope: HopeBoykinDance
7:30 PM
Admission: $25+
Durham native and former Alvin Ailey dancer Hope Boykin brings States of Hope, a powerful and honest work of dance-theater, for its hometown premiere. In this fully-scripted autobiographical performance, Boykin narrates her own journey as a dancer and artist as seven dancers move on stage to an original score by Ali Jackson. Each dancer embodies elements of Boykin’s personality, laying bare inner thoughts and conflict as they interact with each other. This profound, ambitious, vulnerable work is a powerful excavation of an artistic life.
Duke University
Reynolds Industries Theater
125 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-4444
https://arts.duke.edu