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Updated: 6:53 PM EST Dec 18, 2020 WXII12.com Web Staff The University of North Carolina School of the Arts released a reimagined version of The Nutcracker online.This is the first time people around the world will be able to see the half-hour adaption worldwide. Click the video player above for more information about the production.More than 300 students, faculty and alumni worked together to adapt the holiday story into a coronavirus-friendly celebration. The costumes include masks and the dancers are socially-distant throughout the show.This is the 55th year the school has put on The Nutcracker, but the first time it has ever been released outside of the stage. This semester at UNCSA has been like no other in our history,” said UNCSA Chancellor Brian Cole. “Our reimagined ‘Nutcracker’ is an example of how this unique school is continuing to bring art and creative expression into the world at a time when it is so desperately needed. It illustrate
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Conceived and created safely for the COVID-19 era, the production is a collaboration among more than 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Dance of the Snowflakes from overhead in UNCSA s new The Nutcracker for film, released Dec. 17.
Snowflake dancing masked in UNCSA s all-new The Nutcracker for film, Dec. 17. Credit Peter J. Mueller.
The film represents the 55th consecutive year UNCSA has presented The Nutcracker, and the first ever film version reaching audiences worldwide. Leveraging the institution s unique position as a conservatory with five nationally recognized arts schools, the classic work was adapted through the imagination and expertise of the schools of Dance, Design & Production, Filmmaking and Music.
This yearâs The Nutcracker by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will be totally different from years past as the production moves from the Stevens Center stage in downtown Winston-Salem to a sound stage.
UNCSAâs schools of Dance, Design & Production, Filmmaking and Music have teamed up to create a film version of the holiday ballet. This semester at UNCSA has been like no other in our history, Brian Cole, chancellor of UNCSA, said in a press release. Despite the limitations we have had to face with the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been blown away by the creativity and innovation that our students and faculty have shown.