South Africa sets ‘Nutcracker’ in the Kalahari Desert

Dancers of the Joburg Ballet perform on Sept 17, 2014, in Johannesburg during a full dress rehearsal of the ‘Nutcracker Re-Imagined’. – AFP

The famous Russian ballet is re-imagined and performed in gumboots and overalls.

It’s danced to Tchaikovsky’s famous melody, but it’s not your traditional Christmas Nutcracker: the Joburg Ballet has set it in the Kalahari desert among ancient Bushmen paintings.