On Thursday, I went to “The Brooklyn Nutcracker” with a friend who grew up in Paris. A cosmopolitan balletomane, he can compare New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater not only with each other but also with the Paris Opera Ballet and other top troupes. “The Brooklyn Nutcracker” — a 2016 production of Brooklyn Ballet, conceived and choreographed by Lynn Parkerson, the company’s founding artistic director — is being performed at the Irondale Center, just a six-minute walk from the Brooklyn Academy of Music. PhotoAdvance publicity made a big deal of the fact that “The Brooklyn Nutcracker” incorporates both hip-hop and ballet. A vast “Nutcracker” face was projected on a screen behind the stage, which contained a miniature “Nutcracker” doll, a large magician’s cloak on a stand, and a red bag.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 19:45 UTC