{"id":9397,"date":"2016-12-06T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2016-12-05T17:01:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:01:36","slug":"a-very-merry-modern-nutcracker-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/a-very-merry-modern-nutcracker-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Merry Modern Nutcracker Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hiphopnutcracker.com\/\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bw_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Hip Hop Nutcracker\" width=\"200\" height=\"101\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9403\" \/><\/a>Every holiday season, I indulge myself in watching my favorite Christmas movies and listening to my favorite festive songs. Christmas just wouldn?t <em>be<\/em> Christmas without them! And although I have my ?must-have? list of holiday classics, I enjoy adding new favorites into the mix. So if you?re like me and want to spice up your Christmas traditions, you may be interested in the <a href=\"http:\/\/hiphopnutcracker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hip Hop Nutcracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"height: 253px; width: 450px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7d8rmabFBEI?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>A unique spin on Tchaikovsky?s classic score, this thrilling performance combines rap music and hip hop dance into a modern holiday show. The <a herf=\"http:\/\/hiphopnutcracker.com\/#tours\" target=\"_blank\">Hip Hop Nutcracker tour<\/a> kicked off last month, and it will continue traveling across the United States during the month of December. Ticket prices range from $10 to $95. Check the dates below to catch a show near you!<\/p>\n<h2>2016 Performance Dates:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"width: 400px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 30px;\">\n<li>\nTues. Dec. 6 (Tonight!) &bull; Schenectady, NY &bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proctors.org\/events\/hip-hop-nutcracker-guest-mc-kurtis-blow\" target=\"_blank\">Proctors<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFri. Dec. 9 &bull; Rosemont, IL &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rosemont.com\/theatre\/events\/hip-hop-nutcracker\/\">Rosemont Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSat. Dec. 10 &bull; Flint, MI &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.thewhiting.com\/single\/PSDetail.aspx?psn=6965\">The Whiting<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSun. Dec. 11 &bull; Detroit, MI &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olympiaentertainment.com\/events\/detail\/hip-hop-nutcracker\">Fox Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nMon. Dec. 12 &bull; Green Bay, WI &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weidnercenter.com\/events\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker\/\">Weidner Center<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWed. Dec. 14 &bull; Reading PA &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.santander-arena.com\/tickets\/2016\/7\/21\/hip-hip-nutcracker\">Santander<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThurs. Dec. 15 &bull; Purchase, NY &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.artscenter.org\/single\/PSDetail.aspx?psn=6108\">The Performing Arts Center<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFri. Dec. 16 &bull; North Bethesda, MD &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strathmore.org\/events-and-tickets\/hip-hop-nutcracker\">Strathmore<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSat. Dec. 17 &bull; Newark, NJ &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.njpac.org\/events\/detail\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker-2016\">NJPAC<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTues. Dec. 20 &bull; Wichita, KS &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wichitaorpheum.com\/events\/553\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker\/\">Orpheum Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWed. Dec. 21 &bull; St. Louis, MO &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fabulousfox.com\/events\/detail\/hip-hop-nutcracker\/\">Fox Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThurs. Dec. 22 &bull; Fayetteville, AR &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/waltonartscenter.org\/event\/hip-hop-nutcracker\/\">Walton Art Center<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFri. Dec. 23 &bull; Richardson, TX &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eisemanncenter.com\/event\/i\/4766\/d\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker\">Eisemann Center<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTues. Dec. 27 &bull; Charlotte, NC &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthalarts.org\/events\/detail\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker-1\">Knight Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWed. Dec. 28 &bull; Charlotte, NC &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthalarts.org\/events\/detail\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker-1\">Knight Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThurs. Dec. 29 &bull; Charlotte, NC &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthalarts.org\/events\/detail\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker-1\">Knight Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFri. Dec. 30 &bull; Charlotte, NC &bull; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthalarts.org\/events\/detail\/the-hip-hop-nutcracker-1\">Knight Theatre<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every holiday season, I indulge myself in watching my favorite Christmas movies and listening to my favorite festive songs. Christmas just wouldn?t be Christmas without them! And although I have my ?must-have? list of holiday classics, I enjoy adding new favorites into the mix. So if you?re like me and want to spice up your&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/a-very-merry-modern-nutcracker-performance\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9397"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}