Journey Through the Land of Sweets with Leverage Dance Theater’s A Not So Normal Nutcracker - A classic reimagined on Cherokee Street, December 13–21

This holiday season, Leverage Dance Theater breaks the mold of a 130 year-old tradition, inviting audiences to experience the magic from the inside out. "A Not So Normal Nutcracker" transforms a Cherokee Street storefront into a living fairytale, offering an intimate, multi-sensory journey for the whole family. The production runs for a limited engagement from December 13–21. Staged at 2700 Cherokee Street, guests will follow Clara, the Nutcracker, and the Snow Queen through a glittering portal into the Land of Sweets. Each room becomes a unique sensory adventure where Candy Canes, Gingerbread, Licorice, Marzipan, Tea, and Hot Chocolate come alive through a dynamic blend of music, movement, and design. The score weaves Tchaikovsky’s classic compositions with jazz, acoustic, hip-hop variations and new compositions.

Journey Through the Land of Sweets with Leverage Dance Theater’s A Not So Normal Nutcracker - A classic reimagined on Cherokee Street, December 13–21

This holiday season, Leverage Dance Theater breaks the mold of a 130 year-old tradition, inviting audiences to experience the magic from the inside out. "A Not So Normal Nutcracker" transforms a Cherokee Street storefront into a living fairytale, offering an intimate, multi-sensory journey for the whole family. The production runs for a limited engagement from December 13–21. Staged at 2700 Cherokee Street, guests will follow Clara, the Nutcracker, and the Snow Queen through a glittering portal into the Land of Sweets. Each room becomes a unique sensory adventure where Candy Canes, Gingerbread, Licorice, Marzipan, Tea, and Hot Chocolate come alive through a dynamic blend of music, movement, and design. The score weaves Tchaikovsky’s classic compositions with jazz, acoustic, hip-hop variations and new compositions.

Leverage Dance Theater’s Master Class Series continues with Laura Roth! Join them at Intersect Arts Center for a contemporary ballet class.

Leverage Dance Theater presents Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

Leverage Dance Theater presents Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

Leverage Dance Theater presents Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

Leverage Dance Theater’s evening-length dance performance for sacred architecture, Of Matter, Mind & Spirit will run June 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2650 Miami St, St. Louis, MO 63118. Shows begin at 7:00pm and run approximately 1.5 hours. Leverage defines sacred space as any space that is built for the purpose of encouraging, inviting or generating ‘spiritual’ connection or experience. For this performance series we broadly define spiritual as “relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical.” This definition underscores the difficulty of locating mind and emotions in either the spiritual or physical realms. The 2024 production is set in a 150-year-old Lutheran Church that has a long and continuing tradition of supporting St. Louisans in more than strictly religious ways.

Leverage Dance Theater’s evening-length dance performance for sacred architecture, Of Matter, Mind & Spirit will run June 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2650 Miami St, St. Louis, MO 63118. Shows begin at 7:00pm and run approximately 1.5 hours. Leverage defines sacred space as any space that is built for the purpose of encouraging, inviting or generating ‘spiritual’ connection or experience. For this performance series we broadly define spiritual as “relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical.” This definition underscores the difficulty of locating mind and emotions in either the spiritual or physical realms. The 2024 production is set in a 150-year-old Lutheran Church that has a long and continuing tradition of supporting St. Louisans in more than strictly religious ways.

Leverage Dance Theater’s evening-length dance performance for sacred architecture, Of Matter, Mind & Spirit will run June 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2650 Miami St, St. Louis, MO 63118. Shows begin at 7:00pm and run approximately 1.5 hours. Leverage defines sacred space as any space that is built for the purpose of encouraging, inviting or generating ‘spiritual’ connection or experience. For this performance series we broadly define spiritual as “relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical.” This definition underscores the difficulty of locating mind and emotions in either the spiritual or physical realms. The 2024 production is set in a 150-year-old Lutheran Church that has a long and continuing tradition of supporting St. Louisans in more than strictly religious ways.

Leverage Dance Theater’s evening-length dance performance for sacred architecture, Of Matter, Mind & Spirit will run June 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2650 Miami St, St. Louis, MO 63118. Shows begin at 7:00pm and run approximately 1.5 hours. Leverage defines sacred space as any space that is built for the purpose of encouraging, inviting or generating ‘spiritual’ connection or experience. For this performance series we broadly define spiritual as “relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical.” This definition underscores the difficulty of locating mind and emotions in either the spiritual or physical realms. The 2024 production is set in a 150-year-old Lutheran Church that has a long and continuing tradition of supporting St. Louisans in more than strictly religious ways.

Leverage Dance Theater’s evening-length dance performance for sacred architecture, Of Matter, Mind & Spirit will run June 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2650 Miami St, St. Louis, MO 63118. Shows begin at 7:00pm and run approximately 1.5 hours. Leverage defines sacred space as any space that is built for the purpose of encouraging, inviting or generating ‘spiritual’ connection or experience. For this performance series we broadly define spiritual as “relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the material or physical.” This definition underscores the difficulty of locating mind and emotions in either the spiritual or physical realms. The 2024 production is set in a 150-year-old Lutheran Church that has a long and continuing tradition of supporting St. Louisans in more than strictly religious ways.