Choreography and staging Blanca Li
Musical direction and arrangements Tao Gutierrez based on the original score by Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski
With 8 dancers
Blanca Li presents a modern, hip hop version of The Nutcracker, the fairy tale set to unforgettable music.
Choreographer and multi-talented artist Blanca Li is the director of the Teatros del Canal in Madrid. She has been a regular at “Suresnes cités danse” since the highly acclaimed Macadam Macadam in 1999. Her Nutcracker is an inspired new take on one of the most beautiful ballets of the classical repertoire.
Blanca Li has always dreamed of reimagining the timeless and beloved story of The Nutcracker using her secret weapons: hip hop, hybrid forms and a crack team. With the full power of her characteristic movements and dance, she takes hold of Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece through a stunning urban reorchestration, bringing it to life through the steps of eight virtuoso dancers.
Blanca Li
Blanca Li is a choreographer, film director, dancer and actress. She moved to Paris at the end of 1992.
By the next year, she had started her own contemporary dance company. 28 years later, still at the head of one of the few totally independent companies on the French and international scene, Blanca Li remains as free and inventive as she was when she started out. She was appointed the artistic director of the Teatros del Canal in Madrid in 2019. She recently developed Le Bal de Paris, an immersive live performance enhanced by virtual reality, which won the prize for Best Virtual Reality Experience at the Venice Mostra in September 2021.
Her countless high-profile collaborations have included developing choreographies for musical artists, lending her talents as an actress to film directors, bringing her installations, events and dance pieces to major institutions, and designing events for fashion and luxury brands.
Choreography and staging Blanca Li
Musical direction and arrangements Tao Gutierrez based on the original score by Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski
Lights Pascal Laajili
Costumes Laurent Mercier
Vidéo Charles Carcopino
Set design and props Blanca Li, Charles Carcopino
With 8 dancers : Daniel Barros del Rio « Dany Boogz », Laura Coduti, Nelson Ewande, Silvia González Recio, Angel Munoz Villa, Lidya Rioboo Ballester, Elihu Vazquez Espinosa, Anthony Yung
Order and production Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar / festival Suresnes cités danse 2022.
Production Compagnie Blanca Li.
With the support of Cités danse connexions et des Teatros del Canal de la Comunidad de Madrid. Centre chorégraphique de los Teatros del Canal, Comunidad de Madrid.
