A Familiar Suite 2024 – December 21, 2024
“A FAMILIAR SUITE” – A unique version of The Nutcracker By Step Dance Studio, a Step It Up Dance Production, is a unique version of the Holiday Classic, The Nutcracker. It showcases a surprisingly seamless infusion of ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop and modern dance into the story, as well as a few song selections exclusive to this presentation. The show features props built by Broadway set builders; a Bon Bon-spewing Mother Ginger whose girth is large enough to rival her Lincoln Center counterpart; and over three hundred costumes, from timeless platter tutus to a vintage Rockette-inspired piece worn by an adorable and impressively clean line of miniature tap dancers. There is music, color and talent to please all!
Two performances will be held Saturday, December 21st at 4:00pm and 7:30pm.
For more information, please call 845-534-3645
Nutcracker Re-Imagined:
“A Familiar Suite” Delights Audiences with Refreshing Visual Feast
Step It Up Dance Productions/ Step It Up Performing Arts in Cornwall-on-Hudson has been producing its own innovative version of the holiday dance classic The Nutcracker for twelve years. Judging by the growing size of its audiences, this particular production is fast becoming a Hudson Valley tradition. Ronda Barber, owner and Artistic Director of the studio, is the creative force behind the show which still features treasured breathtakingly iconic ballet renditions of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece. However, what makes A Familiar Suite unique is the surprisingly seamless infusion of jazz, tap, hip hop and modern dance into the story, as well as a few song selections exclusive to this presentation.
A Familiar Suite showcases the work of one hundred students ages five through eighteen, and the imaginative vision of seven renowned Hudson Valley choreographers. The show features props built by Broadway set builders; a Bon Bon-spewing Mother Ginger whose girth is large enough to rival her Lincoln Center counterpart; and over three hundred costumes, from timeless platter tutus to a vintage Rockette-inspired piece worn by an adorable and impressively clean line of miniature tap dancers. There is music, color and talent to please even the most jaded fan of this traditional production.
