Celebrate the holidays with the whole family and join Saratoga City Ballet for a rhythm-filled evening of The Nutcracker: Sweet & Swingin’ .  The first production of it’s kind in the Capital Region, The Nutcracker: Sweet & Swingin’ is a fusion of Jazz, Tap, African & Ballet featuring The Chuck Lamb/Ria Curley Quintet along with Johnny Martinez & Diane Lachtrupp of Tango Fusion.

Act I features the original compositions of Paul Arslanian and Duke Ellington providing toe-tapping, dazzling numbers such as The Three Gifts (Tap, Jazz & African dance), The Funky Nut and Duke’s Place where Mice & Soldiers challenge each other with a battle of rhythms.

Clara is then lead through the Land of Snow into the Land of Sweets, home to the Sugar Plum Fairy and her court where they celebrate her with dances from around the world; set to Tchaikovsky's classical score. Directed and choreographed by Tina Baird & Miranda Danise.