Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Going Nuts

The title of Moving Light Dance Company’s seasonal performance, The Green Mountain Nutcracker, hints that a slightly untraditional spectacle is about to hit the stage. You’ll know something’s afoot when you see the set is a den with a woodstove and heaps of snow boots rather than a dainty Victorian parlor. And by the time the Maple Sugar Fairy dances across the stage, Tchaikovsky’s 1891 fairy-tale ballet will be long forgotten. This distinctly Vermont production highlights the Green Mountain spirit while still spinning a classic holiday tale. A cast of all ages, hailing from 16 area communities, helps work the magic, and local fiddler Susannah Blachly lends her tunes for a contra dance number. No place like home for the holidays, after all.