Time To Get (Nut)Crackin’

How do you like your sugar plums? Shaken or stirred? (Just kidding.) But really, have your Nutcracker any which way this weekend with these six standout performances. —

Ballet
for Young Audiences uses the traditional Tchaikovsky score in a one-hour show at LaGuardia Community College. (Friday-Saturday)

Ages four and older will adore the American
Ballet Theatre production at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. Live orchestra! (Friday-Sunday)

The
NYC-themed Manhattan Youth Ballet’s Knickerbocker
Suite takes the classic to a local level of cool. Head to Manhattan Movement & Arts Center to check it out. (Friday-Sunday)

George Balanchine’s version by The New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center
is as traditional (and exquisite) as they come. (Friday-Sunday)

A contemporary take (think hip hop and modern dance) by Peridance
Capezio Center is sure to inspire living room pirouettes, or shall we say break dancing? (Saturday-Sunday)

The New York Theatre Ballet puts an Art Nouveau spin on traditional ballet beauty with new costumes and choreography that is sure to please even the shortest of attention spans. (Saturday-Sunday)

Photo credit: Paul Kolnick/New York City Ballet

Monster Mini Golf

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HudsonWay Immersion School

A pioneer in language immersion since 2005. After school language classes provide a fun and effective way for preschool and elementary children to learn Mandarin or Spanish language skills through project based learning and fun, engaging themes.

Instituto Cervantes

Children and teenagers learn to understand and express themselves in Spanish, while improving their communication skills through a dynamic immersion program taught by NATIVE TEACHERS that combines CLASSES, ARTISTIC WORKSHOPS and FUN ACTIVITIES! All of our high-qualified teachers are native Spanish speakers who adapt the structure of the class to the needs and levels of each group while conducting the classes entirely in Spanish. We offer both Spanish Summer Camps and Regular Courses for children along the year to foster language learning and multicultural understanding.