When Dallas Black Dance Theatre's Academy first created its Espresso Nutcracker in 2018, bringing together parts of the Tchaikovsky ballet with Duke Ellington's jazz-infused Nutcracker Suite, it quickly had to expand the production as venues sold out amid popular demand for tickets. This year it will continue its tradition with a virtual production, mixing video from past performances with newly recorded selections.
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This Saturday (11/28 at 7 pm) on A Tempo, host Rachel Katz will speak with DBDT Artistic Director Melissa Young and Academy Director Katricia Eaglin about bringing this local favorite, and some of DBDT's other performances, to audiences amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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