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The Shell-Shocked Nut!

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The Shell-Shocked Nut!

The Shell-Shocked Nut!

The Shell-Shocked Nut!

The Shell-Shocked Nut!

The Shell-Shocked Nut!

Support The East Village Dance Project in our alternative Nutcracker!

Support The East Village Dance Project in our alternative Nutcracker!

Support The East Village Dance Project in our alternative Nutcracker!

Support The East Village Dance Project in our alternative Nutcracker!

GOH Productions
GOH Productions
GOH Productions
GOH Productions
5 Campaigns |
New York, United States
$1,515 USD 17 backers
27% of $5,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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At East Village Dance Project and GOH Productions we are excited to embark on our second year of presenting The Shell-Shocked Nut, an alternative East Village Nutcracker, co-produced and presented by La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre on January 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2015.  Exploring themes of loss and recovery, this dynamic show features a cast from age 5-65, including 25 talented young dancers and 25 professional performers, artists, composers and choreographers. We are hoping to raise $5,500 to assist in covering costs of the production, and would love your support!

The Story

Upending the classic story of the Nutcracker, the show follows a war veteran and a wandering child on a journey through iconic and everyday spots in the East Village – stopping at Tompkins Square Park, Economy Candy Store, the aisles of a corner bodega, the interior of an East Village apartment and beyond.

The Background

The show was originally conceived in the week after Superstorm Sandy. It began as an informal studio showing of sections of the Nutcracker with the students of East Village Dance Project, a non-profit dance development program in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The process of creating a performance with the students and sharing it with the community provided a chance for release, celebration and creation of positive energy during a difficult time.

The Collaborators

What started out as an informal showing has now grown into a full-scale production, involving both students and a fabulous team of professional artists The professionals involved in this production come from as close as the East Village community and as far as New Mexico and Thailand! Below are those currently involved in the creation of the show.

Choreographers: Martha Tornay, Victoria Roberts-Wierzbowski, Andy de Groat, (in a 1982 work set by Catherine Galasso), Brian Glover, Dante Brown, Hilary McDaniel-Douglas/Project in Motion, Teddy (Boonyarith Pankamdech), Rachel Kramer   

Performers: 25 students from East Village Dance Project, plus...

Alice Klugherz, Amikole, Angel Flores, Billy Blanken, Brian Glover, Calla Cumi Jo, Dante Brown|Warehouse Dance, John Gutierrez, Justin Hicks, Inam Jiemvitayanukoon, Lauren Mendoza, Patrick Leader, Peter Jones, Rachel Kramer, Ryan Carroll, Shar La Porte, Teddy (Boonyarith Pankamdech) and more. 

Composers: Clare Farris, Peter Jones 

Set: Donald Eastman 

Lighting: Juan Merchan 

Sound design: Tim Schellenbaum

We need your help:

The $5,500 we hope to raise will go towards offsetting our professional artists fees, tech fees, costumes, set pieces, and covering boarding for out-of-state guest artists.

We have decided not charge any participation or costume fee for the students involved in this production. We are excited to allow these talented young dancers to be a part of a professional performance without cost, and would like to be able to keep it that way in years to come!

In exchange for your generosity, we are offering some awesome perks, including credit in the program, beautiful hand decorated thank-you cards by some of our young performers, a chance to see the creative process in action by attending a rehearsal (and sipping and snacking) and a limited offer of a complementary class with Martha or Victoria!

Any amount helps and is enthusiastically accepted! Not able to help out financially? You can still help by sharing this link with friends and family, and encouraging others to attend our show this January. We thank you for your support!

Check out our 2014 Press!

Last year we had the delight of being featured on the cover of Metro NY, and chosen as a “critic’s pick” in Time Out NY. Check out these articles below and learn more about us!

2014 Metro NY article

2014 Time Out Critic's Pick

The Dates! The Info!

THE SHELL-SHOCKED NUT 2015

An Alternative Adaptation of The Nutcracker,

set in the East Village, inspired by true stories.

Friday, January 2nd at 7pm

Saturday, January 3rd at 3pm & 7pm

Sunday, January 4th at 3pm

La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street, (between 2nd Ave and Bowery)

Tickets: $20, $15 seniors, students and children 12 and under

Buy tickets  - Box Office: (646) 430-5374.

Conceived and directed by Martha Tornay, Artistic Director, East Village Dance Project, Co-director: Victoria Roberts-Wierzbowski

Produced by La MaMa in association with GOH Productions

GOH Productions is a non profit arts organization based in the Lower East Side of NYC. Contributions payable to GOH Productions, and earmarked East Village Dance Project, are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

For more information

Please visit East Village Dance Project at eastvillagedanceproject.com or La MaMa at lamama.org



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$5 USD
If we see you, we will give you a great big hug! Thanks so much!
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Program Listing

$25 USD
Your name in our program as one of our fabulous contributors who helped to make this production possible!
2 out of 150 of claimed

Hand Decorated Thank You

$55 USD
Your name in our program as one of our fabulous contributors AND a personal thank-you note hand decorated by one of the young dancers in the show!
4 out of 30 of claimed

Open Rehearsal

$175 USD
Your name in the program AND hand-decorated thank you note AND an invitation to watch a studio rehearsal. During the rehearsal, you can sit back and munch on some delicious snacks and watch the creative process in action!
1 out of 9 of claimed

Private Movement Class

$305 USD
Your name in the program AND a hand-decorated thank you note AND a free one-hour private dance class with EVDP Artistic Director Martha Tornay. Use it for yourself or give it as a gift for a student or another adult!
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Private Movement Class

$305 USD
Your name in the program AND a hand-decorated thank you note AND a free one-hour private movement/yoga class with EVDP Assistant Director Victoria Roberts-Wierzbowski. Use it for yourself or give it as a gift for a student or another adult!
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Angel

$555 USD
You get all of the perks above, and become our Angel for the year!
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