DINA SUDLOW - The Globe & Mail, 12.13.01:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Syncopating a Nutcracker nouveau</B><P>Take a beloved Christmas classic, update and syncopate it, and you have The Swinging Nutcracker, a Yuletide dance special premiering Monday night on Bravo!.<P>Starring singer/dancer Jeff Hyslop, this Nutcracker nouveau is an exuberant bubble of dance and romance backed by the brassy big-band beat of the 1940s.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>To read more search DINA SUDLOW on the [url=http://www.globeandmail.com" TARGET=_blank>Globe & Mail's</A> 7 Day Search<P>Story Synopis from <a href="http://www.psfilms.com/productions/swinging_nutcracker.html]PS Films[/url]<BR>

Victoria Times Colonist - 12.17.01:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B> AROUND TOWN <BR>This Nutcracker swings to a brassy '40s beat</B><P>Choreographer Lisa Stevens has blended the high energy and glamour of swing with ballet, sparked with a touch of pure slapstick.<P>Hyslop, 50, turns in a bravura performance as the poor chestnut vendor who brings romance to Marie-Claire (Debbie Timmus) and makes her dancing dreams come true.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><a href=" [url=http://www.canada.com/victoria/aroundtown/story.asp?id={A6C9C6FA-6A22-4F4D-95CE-B5A79FC26F87}]<B>more...</B>[/url]<p>[This message has been edited by Marie (edited December 17, 2001).]