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by Aisha Cruse Want a break from the usual Nutcracker Avalanche? See some wonderfully wintry (nut-cracker free!) performances!  Thurs & Fri, December 1 & 2 @ 7:30 pm Endicott Student & Alumni Choreography Showcase Presented by Endicott College At the Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts in Beverly, MA $5 An evening of dances choreographed by Endicott students and Dance program Alumni, built under the tutelage of Emily Beattie and Monkeyhouse friend and favorite Nicole Sao Pedro-Welch. If you're north of the city, go see some young dancers performing new work!  Fri & Sat, December 2 & 3 @ 8:00 pm Running in Stillness Presented by Marsha Parrilla and Danza Orgánica At Hibernian Hall in Roxbury $25 general, $15 student/ BDA member This is the world premiere of this project, which I think is well worth your time. From the site: "Running in Stillness is a dance theater piece that delves into the human condition of being imprisoned, and how this affects people imprisoned, their families, and all of us in the community. Through a close collaboration with formerly incarcerated women and daughters of incarcerated parents, we are creating a project that sheds light on this often-ignored topic."  Fri, December 9 @ 8pm Sat & Sun, December 10 & 11 @ 11am & 3pm Sat, December 10 @ 7:30pm Cirque Dreams: Holidaze At the Boch Center Shubert Theater $43-$103 Okay if you're looking for Rockette Holiday Spectacular level family entertainment, see this. There are circus acts, musical numbers, and the costumes look amazing and ridiculous and sometimes that's all you want at the holidays.
 December 14-18 & 28-30 Gumdrops & The Funny Uncle December 14 - 18 At the BCA Black Box December 28 - 30 At the Dance Complex Presented by Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion, Theater Offensive, and the Dance Complex $12 floor, $33 regular An illumination of adapted holiday traditions with families of choice from an LGBTQ perspective with an inter-generational cast. Its been a long rough year, and a long, long month. If you or some people in your life could use a reminder about what it means to be different, what it means to belong, and that family is what we make of it, I would recommend this show. Okay, okay, if you've got to see the Nutcracker, try one of these:
 Fri, December 2 thru Sun, December 18
The Nutcracker Presented by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre At the Cutler Majestic thru December 4 At the Strand Theatre in Dorchester thru December 18 $20-$75 Jose Mateo's tagline is "ballet up close", and they have a reputation for stripping down the bells and whistles to deliver a performance that focuses on the dance and the dancer. Their Nutcracker is all about the nuance of the choreography, and the miraculous feats their dancers perform.
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