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Is nutcracker part of pop culture?
Everybody talks about the nutcracker they have seen, or not. There are many versions of it, now even stars from reality tv dance shows go there and perform what they have performed during the TV show...
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Helstein on
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I think the Nutcracker is most definitely a huge part of pop culture. I know that I have been going to it nearly every year since i was 16. Every dance company performs this every year, and everybody knows the basic story. To me it's something so ingrained into Christmas and one of the few things I look forward to every year around this time.
As far as the Reality dance contestants doing dances they performed on the show. I don't approve. I have no issue with great dancers dancing in the Nutcracker for other companies, but the thought of Neil and Sabra's random Paso Doble performance after the intermission makes me cringe. Especially since I hated that dance to begin with. It might be different if the dance were rooted in the show, or at least a ballet piece or soft Ballroom dance, but I have no idea how a Spanish Ballroom dance has any place in,or after the Nutcracker. I am all for bridging the gaps between dance, but that doesn't make the Paso seem any more out of place.
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Permalink Reply by sassy on -
I agree with both Matthew H. and Anaala that Neil's and Sabra's Paso was just inherently bad and a bizarre choice to include in the Nutcracker. Innovation is great. Insensible, incomprehensible, and just plain badly danced innovation is not great. (I like both dancers and think both have talent. I also think their talent was overrated on SYTYCD. They both need more training and more polish, and I'm not convinced they have the "X" factor to ever achieve first-rate artistry.)
The Nutcracker isn't sacred ground or anything, but the insertion of a piece that has nothing to do with Christmas, the storyline, or even the music, as Matthew H. noted generally above, is cringe-worthy. While almost certainly not intended to come across as such (I'm giving the Nutcracker producer the benefit of the doubt), including the Paso left me with two bad impressions: one, someone was going for shock value for its own sake, along the lines of "Look at me! I'm outré!"; and two, someone was cashing in on television exposure. I have no problem with the latter if it's done in good taste and if the performers on display are delivering a performance that gives the audience their money's worth. The Paso? Just corny. And not campy, fun corny. Yuck corny.
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