Nutcracker Dream
Directed by:
Carole Alexis
Company Name:
Ballet des Amériques / Carole Alexis Ballet Theatre
Genre / Type of Show:
Dance / Ballet
Language:
Music
Duration:
02:00:00
Audience type:
General audience
Synopsis:
A special Spectacular Holiday Event lands on the Lower East Side of Manhattan!
TEATRO LATEA is thrilled to present “Nutcracker Dream,” a 90-minute beautiful, family-friendly adaptation and exquisite interpretation of the beloved holiday classic by French-Caribbean Alexandre Dumas (1845).
Visions of Sugar Plums are dancing in your head and into Teatro LATEA in New York City this Holiday Season.
“Nutcracker Dream” is a beautiful interpretation of the beloved holiday classic and has delighted audiences young and old with its artistry and storytelling.
Inspired by the work of Marius Petipa and Rudolf Nureyev, “Nutcracker Dream” is an adaptation of the seasonal favorite created by world-renowned choreographer Carole Alexis and performed by the Professional dancers of the company.
“Nutcracker Dream” brings families and friends together around the holiday season. Make this a memorable date and gather your kin for this unique, magical holiday experience starting Saturday, December 28, 2024.
About the Company:
Ballet des Amériques is the first-ever resident dance Company of Latin American Theater Experiment Associates, Inc.(Teatro LATEA) Directed by Miguel Trelles.
Founded in 2011 by director-choreographer Carole Alexis, a Creole woman, Ballet des Amériques/Carole Alexis Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating a professional multicultural dance company – now based in both New York City and White Plains.
In its first thirteen years, the dance company, composed of dancers of multicultural backgrounds, has performed Carole Alexis’ choreographic work in hundreds of productions throughout the greater New York City area as well as internationally. Carole Alexis and the company have received numerous accolades for Alexis’s innovative work, including government proclamations honoring Ballet des Amériques as the “Premier Dance Company” as well as regular press coverage.
Regarding the director
Knighted in the Order of Arts and Letters in France, Carole Alexis is an internationally recognized choreographer, director, and pedagogue. As a Creole choreographer, Alexis draws on the various sources of her rich background with the effect of breaking boundaries in the creation of new possibilities for artistic expression. Raised and trained in Martinique, Brittany, West Africa, and Paris, she developed her unique choreographic signature in her exploration of themes in music, the complexity of emotions, the environment, nature, history, and human interaction. Alexis believes that art, as a kind of universal consciousness, expresses the infinite possibilities of humanity.
Date:
November 22, 2024