The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

Cherished childhood nursery rhymes danced by Zenon’s virtuosic dancers to Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker creates the fun loving Nutcracker According to Mother Goose!

” . . . the Zenon dancers offer us a sweet holiday treat for the little ones with a smash-up of the Mother Goose tales and the Nutcracker ballet.” - City Pages

Story by Bruce Lansky

Directed by Kay Cummings

Choreography by Seán Curran

This unique and highly entertaining version of The Nutcracker features Mother Goose along with Jack and Jill, Wee Willi Winkie, Little Bo Peep, Mary and her lamb and other delightful nursery rhyme characters set to the captivating music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

The story unfolds as Mother Goose’s favorite characters unwrap the gifts she has left for them under the Christmas tree: magic dancing slippers that will enable them to dance their stories.  A lesson about the pleasure of giving, the joy of sharing and the wonders of dance!