Tony Hawk, the skateboarding legend synonymous with daring tips and fashionable skate tradition, over the weekend confronted an expertise “WAY outside” his consolation zone: performing in a ballet.
The San Diego native and “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” namesake, 57, made his ballet debut Saturday skating on stage for Golden State Ballet’s manufacturing of “The Nutcracker.” In the course of the one-of-a-kind displaying at San Diego’s Civic Theatre, Hawk appeared in a number of scenes of the beloved vacation ballet, entertaining audiences with tips whereas in costume.
“Sometimes you just have to say yes to things WAY outside your comfort zone, especially when your daughter thinks [it’s] funny,” he wrote Sunday in an Instagram put up.
Golden State Ballet teased Hawk’s “Nutcracker” cameo on social media earlier this month, asserting, “he’s trying something completely new.”
“He’s supporting San Diego arts,” the unique put up learn. “He’s making his daughter proud.”
“The Nutcracker” is a two-act ballet that follows a lady named Clara who receives a nutcracker doll for Christmas. When the toy magically involves life, he defends Clara from the Mouse King and takes her on the journey of her goals by way of the colourful land of sweets, the place the Sugar Plum Fairy guidelines.
So how precisely does a professional skater slot in?
Within the ballet’s second act, Hawk was not the one skater to take the stage. In the course of the crowd-pleaser trepak, or Russian dance, Hawk and younger skater Katelyn West joined a trio of dancers, launching themselves into the air off 1 / 4 pipe. Just like the dancers, each Hawk and West wore Russian-inspired fur hats, tunics and saggy purple pants. The viewers erupted in raucous applause.
Lastly, Hawk and West rolled on stage for the present’s curtain name. Not too shabby, skater boy.
