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Boston Ballet’s “The Nutcracker?? began its 40th season at the Boston Opera House yesterday. The historic venue will host thousands of theater-going Bostonians every weekend from now until the new year, officially ringing in the holidays with ballet’s major cash cow. But for the frugal-minded collegiate crowd (who are either too cold or too postmodern to leave the dorms for a night at the ballet), there is an alternative Tchaikovsky and E.T.A. Hoffmann fix. Get your hands on a copy of the 1977 American Ballet Theater production...
...fact, “Emergency”’s electronica was interrupted by a dissonant and jarring interlude. Militant beats reminiscent of “The Nutcracker??’s battle scene soundtrack flowed uneasily back and forth from the crash of the piece’s dominant electronica, which sounded more like high-speed traffic...
...result was a dance successful on a very funky and tongue-in-cheek level, creating a scene almost as colorfully bizarre and delightfully misfitting as a Gwen Stefani’s “Like a Rich Girl” video. Indeed, after mimicking moves similar to the Nutcracker??s march steps, the brunette dancers segued into a very modern and suggestive kick-step routine...