Join the Midwest Trust Center and Owen/Cox Dance Group for a reimagined telling of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Celebrate the season with some of your favorite local artists Friday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 15 at 2 p.m.
Almost everyone is familiar with the traditional version of the holiday story, The Nutcracker. Far fewer are aware of the original and notably darker inspiration for this beloved ballet – E.T.A Hoffman’s 1816 story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
Owen/Cox Dance Group, in partnership with The People’s Liberation Big Band of Kansas City, brings their highly unique, contemporary jazz adaptation of the holiday classic back to the Polsky Theatre stage this holiday season!
About Owen/Cox Dance Group
Owen/Cox Dance Group’s mission is to create new music and dance collaborations, present high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and to engage as wide an audience as possible through affordable live performance, education, and outreach programs.
With this mission in mind, founders Jennifer Owen and Brad Cox bring together some of Kansas City’s most talented artists, representing a variety of genres, to perform contemporary dance with live music. With diverse backgrounds ranging from the Bolshoi Ballet and the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra to Alvin Ailey and Dave Brubeck, these dancers and musicians form a highly skilled and multifaceted corps. The collaborative results speak for themselves: Fresh and vibrant new works that are classical in form, but contemporary in expression.
Audiences have two chance to see the new holiday classic – Friday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 15 at 2 p.m. Following the Sunday performance, purchase tickets to the Holiday High Tea, rounding out the festivities.
For more information about The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, visit jccc.edu/MidwestTrustCenter.
Ticket Information
Tickets start at $25. Season packages and individual shows are on sale now. Visit jccc.edu/MTC or call the Box Office at 913-469-4445 to purchase tickets.
Additional Performances in the 2024-2025 Season
What If Puppets – Shiver Me Paintbrush: A Pirate’s Adventure in Art (Dec. 4-7)
Christmas with the Celts (Dec. 10)
MTC Kids Jam – Funky Mama (Jan. 18)
Hiplet Ballerinas (Jan. 24)
Time for Three (Jan. 26)
Winterlude Jazz Festival (Feb. 15-16)
The Addams Family (Feb. 21)
Alisa Amador Trio (Feb. 22)
Imani Winds and Boston Brass (Feb. 23)
Goitse (Mar. 6)
Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond (Mar. 8)
MTC Kids Jam – Pierce Freelon (Mar. 8)
Dirty Dancing in Concert (Mar. 9)
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin (Mar. 16)
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