Video: 'Nutcracker' in Kalahari Desert

Dancers of the Joburg Ballet perform on September 17, 2014 in Johannesburg during a full dress rehearsal of the "Nutcracker Re-Imagined". The Nutcracker Re-Imagined is a new and uniquely South African production of the ever-popular ballet piece The Nutcracker, that uses African tradition elements like the Sangoma (traditional healers) and African atmospheres.

Dancers of the Joburg Ballet perform on September 17, 2014 in Johannesburg during a full dress rehearsal of the "Nutcracker Re-Imagined". The Nutcracker Re-Imagined is a new and uniquely South African production of the ever-popular ballet piece The Nutcracker, that uses African tradition elements like the Sangoma (traditional healers) and African atmospheres.

Published Sep 23, 2014

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It's danced to Tchaikovsky's famous score, but it's not your traditional Christmas Nutcracker.

The Joburg ballet sets it in the Kalahari desert, with rock paintings and ostriches.

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