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Dance

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

From December 7, 2023 through December 10, 2023
  • Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach
= Show tickets start at $50
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A ballerina, the Fairy Queen from 'Hot Chocolate Nutcracker,' is hoisted in the air.
Watch the flying Fairy Queen and more in the 'Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.'
(Lee Tonks
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Courtesy of DADA )

Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA) returns with its reimagined, award-winning production of Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, complete with its original score, diverse dance styles and humor. The 2023 production features guest artists Amanda Smith of Dance Theatre of Harlem as the Fairy Queen, Carlo Imperato (Fame,Grey’s Anatomy) performing the role of “Harvey of the Rat Pack,” Vivian Nichole Williams as Myrtle, and Jean-Victor Mackie as the Nutcracker Prince. Guests can add a Fairy Queen Tea to their experience before each matinee show.