The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, celebrates its 5th year anniversary and hits the road to play at the Civic Theatre on November 7th. Produced by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with Executive Producer, Eva Price, and co-commisioned by the United Palace of Cultural Arts, The Hip Hop Nutcracker will feature MC Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop’s founding fathers, opening the show with a short set before rapping the introduction. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, The Hip Hop Nutcracker is a full-length production featuring a dozen all-star dancers, an on-stage DJ and an electric violinist. The traditional Tchaikovsky score beautifully compliments the power moves of these 12 dancers, with traditional and incidental music re-mixed and re-imagined, helping to bring a beautifully surprising and contemporary vibe to the production.