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this marble run is perfectly timed with tchaikovsky's beautiful waltz of the flowers so that the marbles roll in time with the music. now for the grand finale. and next week. the dutch police have begun using old mended reality to solve cases hundreds of kilometers away the system streams videos shot by offices at the scene to experts elsewhere providing remote investigators with interactive three d. models virtual crime fighting next week on shift.

this company turns the demure tchaikovsky ballet into a sultry burlesque. director austin mccormick even choreographs a few strip teases, just in case you don't get hot enough. >> there are a lot of versions in which she unfolds. in our version, she becomes the sugar plum fairy and it's about her sensual awakening. >> reporter: so you're not going to find a performance like this in new york city's famous theater district. instead you have to go downtown. when i say downtown, i mean brooklyn, new york, to the one place where it's okay to get a little naughty on christmas. let's check it out. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the show starts before the performance even begins. you walk in to what feels like a 1920s red light speakeasy.

talking about popular classical then i can recommend the russian composer tchaikovsky i'm listening to schubert serenade by list i'm sure you will love it do you make a wish and in your. use yes this wish was a secret but i can share it with you i wish all our wishes will come true may attach to you of course. you are very handsome. thank you very much. after the young woman finished her interview with the president. to turn the tables and find out what she thought of the experience. i was a major in your interview what were your impressions and how do you feel now. i feel like i did my very best to be honest i was shocked at first i didn't understand what was going on i was making up my shins and asking them almost at the same time how did you prepare for the interview. and show you first i was very nervous but that i just sat down and got writing a huge no questions. when i was younger that when i dressed the president for the

the world of bio ballet but what is made it so popular well first of all i mean without a doubt tchaikovsky i mean one of the greatest composers who ever lived for it he wrote it and then by the way he wrote the nutcracker and sleeping beauty and if you take those three they sort of define the classical genre really i mean in the case this form like i think the hit choose if you like i mean we had. but also me when you think of the don'ts of the little cygnets or the dolls the little swarms richard say there's the look you know it's a very famous thing i mean apart from that it's a tell you last story of a prison sioux falls for a for a princess there's magic in it is sorcery and it is a kind of mixture of cinderella the prince looking for the great love and then romeo and juliet because at the end of course. spoiler alert this production they don't die it's all the first time this is being done there's a happy ending in this family i think you know which does happen something that's the hollywood effect season he said in the interview that one night wasn't popular neither was the nutcracke

i mean tchaikovsky one of the greatest composers who ever lived and certainly one of the greatest ballet composers i mean after this he did sleeping beauty and he did the not crack and these are three of the greatest ballets in the genre really i mean with one let it be dare i say it it's got those hit choose we already heard. of the people. that's the most not one then there's the the dumps of the cygnets old little swans that we most probably know is de dum dum dum the you know that everybody does these jeans and apart from the hip shoes it's the classic timeless love story with the prince and the princess there's magic in there the sorcery i mean it's a mixture of cinderella or on one side the prince is such ng for his his great love you know and then then there's the sort of romeo and juliet bit where the course of the tragedy of the great love they you know they drown in it in the late the tragic ending nonetheless it does have that incredible appeal for young people you know for adolescents and for children now now this version. version it has a different ending it does a date i ho

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the enduring popularity of the swan lake well i think first and foremost really try koskie i mean tchaikovsky one of the great composers of all time you know he's going to be in the top ten as and they really. and he went on to compose the nutcracker and then the sleeping beauty which i mean those three have sort of the top ones of the genre i would say i mean the must be one or two of those you know and also it's one like when it has hit you doesn't it i mean it really does have the hits in it i mean you we heard the mostly the. deed but there's that's the one i mean then there's the dance of this the cygnets all the little swans you know the everybody knows those choose where they where they come from and apart from the hit t.v. . it's a timeless love story this is a print searching for his princess there's magic in that this sorcery in there i mean it's a mixture of cinderella and romeo and juliet and the prince is looking for his for his great love of the cinderella story and then when he finds her and with romeo and juliet you know of course it's tragic love story at the end they die alt

hip-hop "nutcracker" now in its fifth year perform breaking, popping and locking to the classic tchaikovskycore. the familiar notes striking a new chord. >> we're representing what we do not usual to the theater crowd, to see hip-hop on stage. there's people in the audience that have never seen someone spin on their head. >> reporter: director and co-creator jennifer weber blends various hip-hop styles and freestyle into the show. >> this is like hip-hop at its purest. the difference is the music is classical. but the execution is from such a place of authentici authenticity. >> reporter: the dancers say it brings more than christmas cheer to audiences. >> to see me being on stage playing dros'llmeyer in a male-dominated role and i'm a female with locks on stage performing. that little girl sitting out there that has lokdcks, is african-american is like yo, mom, look. >> reporter: the show wants to challenge people's thinking and inspire them. >> if they're in the audience and they get really inspired, i want to do this, that's a great feeling. >> especially if they look like you. >> report

hip-hop "nutcracker," now in its fifth year, perform breaking, popping and locking to the classic tchaikovskye familiar notes striking a new chord. >> we're representing what we do, not usual to the theater crowd to see hip-hop on stage. there's people in the audience that have never seen someone spin on their head. >> reporter: director and co-creator jennifer weber blends various hip-hop styles and freestyle into the show. >> this is like hip-hop at its purest. the difference is the music is classical. but the execution is from such a place of authenticity. >> reporter: the dancers say it brings more than christmas cheer to audiences. >> to see me being on stage playing drosselmeyer in a male-dominated role and i'm a female, with locks on top of that on stage performing. so that little girl that's sitting out in that has locks, is african-american and is like yo, mom, look. >> reporter: the show wants to challenge people's thinking and inspire them. >> if anyone in the audience gets really inspired and goes oh, i want to do this, then that's a great feeling. >> especially if they look like

hard to say if we're talking about popular classical then i can recommend the russian composer tchaikovsky and listen to schubert serenade by list i'm sure you will love it do you make a wish and in your. use yes this wish was a secret but i can share it with you i wish all our wishes will come true may attach to you of course. you are very handsome. thank you very much. well as so first time i saw it was sweet want to show choose well well done with troubling times get back some have been used in the days and the defeat of islamic state that the rapid withdrawal of all two thousand us troops from syria the american president took to twitter giving his nation and crucially herself much of the credit for the victory of the terrorists although his words seemed to have perplexes ministration some of his allies and some of his advisors to. we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly now we've won it's time to come back. to remain on the ground there after the physical defeat of the caliphate until we have the pieces in place to ensure that our defeat isn't. the knock

>> tchaikovsky is amazing composer and all of it is incredible and the orchestra members have done anmpeccable job with the music. my favorite -- i love arabians. it is also one of my favorite roles. i love the anticipation of the arabian genie woman. >>> very calculated. and challenging. >>> i also like this. really fun. >> we will see you on the stage of the opera house. kimberly marie olivier from san francisco ballet. thank you for joining us. we would love for you to see the nutcracker but we you will have all of the information you need to do so on ktvu.com. you find it at the homepage. click on the web links section. first position, second position -- that is it. we will be right back. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. it's for breakfast.rning introducing the jimmy dean delights breadless egg'wich. we got rid of the bread, and replaced it with two egg fritatas. for a protein packed start to your d