Artistically athletic & high voltage charm. Seventy minutes of dazzling, dynamic dancing by international talent and stars of tomorrow. An affordable show for the whole family! 

 

November 24th & 25th at the beautiful Merriam Theater! 

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December 9th & 10th at Haverford School's Centennial Hall! 

 

Click HERE to view performance photos! 

 
  • “ "This is my entire family's favorite Nutcracker of the season. We wouldn't miss it." ”
    — Ed, Bucks County, PA
  • “ "Nutcracker 1776 is such a professional performance, that it is difficult to remember the show is put on by students." ”
    — Becky, Feasterville, PA
  • “ "The story involving the city's history is a twist on the Nutcracker; choreography and costumes are spectacular, but I love the performers the most." ”
    — Jen, Philadelphia, PA
  • “ "Nutcracker 1776 is an adaptation of the original ballet that is attractive to the whole family. Kids love it. The costumes are amazing. The corps of ballet can compete with any professional ballet company, in fact they are as good if not better than professional ones I've seen." ”
    — Yenni, Barrington, NJ
  • “ "Nutcracker 1776 has become a cherished tradition in our family as a kickstart to the holiday season. Each year, we look forward to the stellar performance of the Rock School students and faculty. It is a delight to view these talented and dedicated dancers who are such a credit to the art as well as the city of Philadelphia and its unique history." ”
    — Heather, Philadelphia, PA

For information regarding discounted group sales please call 215-551-7010 or email us at info@therockschool.org

ROCK CENTER is the School's main facility, located on the Avenue of the Arts at 1101 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Rock Center houses five floors fully equipped with six state of the art sprung-floor studios, in-house costume shop, a delicious & nutritious 2nd floor Café and a Boutique for dancewear and Rock School merchandise. Rock Center also offers Residence for students training far from home as well as an Academics program for grades 7-12.

🙌Thank you to the Lincoln Financial Foundation for helping The Rock School leap into the community with their generous support of RockReach! . Dancer: Abigail Fletcher #LincolnLegacy #grant #rockschoollife #rockreach #gratitudeattitude . . . www.LincolnFinancial.com
✨ "Keep your face to the sunshine and you can not see a shadow."- Helen Keller . . . Pamela Morales, Level 4x student at The Rock School sautes into the school year. #newseason #newperspective #positive #keepyoureyesontheprize #areyoureadyforschool
Director Bo Spassoff coaching #despertares2017 #rockschoollife #isaachernández #balletgoals https://instagram.com/p/BXoFyXNlv5Y/
🙌 ✨ Say hello to July's dedicated and charismatic #repwithrock winner, 11 year old Liam, who travels from Wrightstown, New Jersey to attend the Summer Intensive at the Rock School. Liam's mother owned a dance studio, but when it appeared none of her children where pursuing dance with Liam's twin fraternal brother choosing music and boy scouts, his older sister opting out of dance and Liam seemingly devoted to competitive cheerleading and gymnastics, his mother sold the studio. Everything shifted for Liam once he took his first ballet class, now he takes 5 hours of dance a day during the school year, even opting out of recess and lunch to use that time to do homework. He likens dance to being "lost in a different dimension" where he can "be whoever" he wants to be and still be himself. For Liam, performing on stage is "starting a new page. lights come on, I make eye contact and try to connect with the audience". Liam is on his 6th week at the summer program and when asked about his favorite experience, he jumped at the opportunity to say how much he loved the contemporary program, Fast Forward Dance. He felt the improv classes, mixed with the opportunity to collaborate and choreograph helped him to step out of boundaries and explore the way bodies can move through space. The most challenging aspect of dance for Liam is breaking stereotypes. He explains, "stepping out of expectations that guys DON'T dance. Dealing with bullies and stuff is the most challenging part of dance." Liam's advice for boys in particular and dancers in general is "don't care about what other people think; dance is about how you feel. If you feel happy and like what you're doing then that's what matters." We couldn't agree more with you Liam! Liam is making his way towards his dream of being on Broadway, and we are thrilled to be a part of his journey! #rockschooljourney #boysdance #balletboys #dream #inspire #rockschoollife ❤️
✨"My first summer intensive was spent here at the Rock. It was such a positive ad uplifting experience for me and encouraged and inspired me to continue on in the dance world. The teachers and staff were incredible. I met so many new friends and felt dramatic improvement from the start of the summer."- Bella Zonderman, Level 3 #testimonial #SB17 #rockschoollife #passe #releve #ballet Level 3 pictured with Faculty, Sun-Mi Cho 💕
Brava to Rock Residence, Rock Academics, and Professional Division alumna, New York City Ballet Corps member, Alston Macgill who was named one of Pointe Magazines 2017 Stars of the Corps! #brightfuture #nycb #rockalum #rockschooljourney #pointe #rockadacdemics
We can't believe there are only two days of the 2017 Summer Ballet Intensive left!! Thank you for sharing your photos and tagging #rockschoollife 💕🤗 🤳cred: @ballerina.zoe @mine_kusano @kyleigh.moon @sarahestickney @isabellacotrone @liam_the_dancer @asphoto11
Level 3x with @sara_michelle_murawski 🤗💕
With one more week to go, Rock School SBI 17 has been incredibly rewarding journey! This week, guest faculty member & alumna Sara Michelle Murawski took the opportunity to speak with us and share her role with the American National Ballet. Following the end of her time with Pennsylvania Ballet, Sara was deciding on her next career step. She was contemplating returning to Europe because the European sentiment of movement and the arts is close to her heart. But then, she received a phone call from Executive Director of American National Ballet (Charleston, North Carolina) Ashley Benefield who was following her career and offered Sara a principal position in the inaugural year with the company. Ashley's mission is to create a company using a diverse group of dancers focusing on the core of who that dancer is as an individual and not solely on a superficial quality, such as appearance alone. Sara felt that this was also a vision for herself as a professional dancer and paralleled her core belief system, “I adore the Rock because it’s such a positive environment - they love dance and each other. They look at your dancing and who you are as an artist and a person rather than looking at you superficially.” Sara accepted the principal position with the American National Ballet and is taking on other principle leadership roles within the company. Sara also accepted the position of Visionary Assistant to the Artistic Director with the hopes of maintaining open communication between the company allowing the dancers to have a say in their quality of life within ANB. By creating this open form of communication between a diverse and inclusive group of dancers, ANB is looking to grow and cultivate their artists. ANB looks to build a diverse and inclusive community, with over 50 dancers all of varying backgrounds, the company will stage classical repetoire and commission notable choreographers to stage world premiers. Huge shout out of congrats to Sara on this amazing journey and #Rockalum including Kameron Triche, Alejandro Estrada, Linzy Flinn, and Luciano Perotto who will be joining this exciting new company. Can't wait to see how your journey will unfold! 🙌💕
A wonderful night of dancing to celebrate the end of 5 weeks and a great performance✨❤️✨ #rockschoollife #spiritpfphiladelphia #rocksummerintensive Take over by @vic_nc_jaen
 

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