Spice up your holiday season with Dance NOW!’s “Clara,” a saucy contemporary dance interpretation of the Nutcracker. This reimagined version of the holiday favorite, charts the journey of a young woman, questioning, discovering, exploring and experiencing the exotic, the unknown and the forbidden, in search of love, identity and self-determination.

Once she lets her hair down, Clara goes after Drosselmeyer and the result is self-actualization for both of them. This one-act suite has a reimagined soundtrack of the Tchaikovsky classic created by composer and ongoing collaborator Davidson Jaconello out of Poland, with costumes from the Morales sisters and a unique and nimble set of boxes which transforms into the world Clara experiences, conceived and designed by Bruce F. Brown. Dance NOW! will take audiences on a holiday journey they will not soon forget!

The evening will also include DNM favorites including the dangerous liaisons of “Here and There” from Co-Director Salterini and the holiday solo “The Gift” from Baumgarten.

Program: Two Acts, with One Intermission.

Limited number of Golden Tickets are available with reservation by calling (305) 284-8872.

This project is presented in partnership with Fantasy Theatre Factory at the Sandrell Rivers Theater and it is made possible with support from The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and Board of County Commissioners.

ADA Accommodations: It is our policy to comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request materials in accessible format, and/or any accommodation to attend any Fantasy Theatre Factory event, please contact Evelyn Sullivan, 305-284-8800, [email protected], at least five (5) days in advance to initiate your request, TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

For more information contact the Box Office at 305-284-8872 or [email protected].

Sandrell Rivers Theater charges a $2 facility fee and a 10% ticketing charge (or $1.75 whichever is greater) to all tickets purchased whether online, via phone or in-person. The facility fee helps cover repairs and upkeep to our facility, and our ticketing fee supports our Box Office CRM.

ALL TICKET PURCHASES ARE FINAL. THERE ARE NO EXCHANGES OR REFUNDS. Please visit ftfshows.com/box-office-policies for full Box Office Policies.

Box Office Policy – Third-Party Ticket Sales

Please be advised that tickets purchased through third-party sellers, resellers, brokers, or unauthorized websites will not be accepted or honored at the box office or venue entrance.

To ensure valid admission, tickets must be purchased directly through our official box office or authorized ticketing site: sandrellriverstheater.com. 



We are not responsible for fraudulent, duplicated, altered, lost, or invalid tickets obtained from unauthorized sources. Patrons who purchase tickets from third-party sellers do so at their own risk. No refunds, exchanges, credits, or replacements will be provided for tickets not purchased through the Sandrell Rivers Theater.