CONNetic Dance's Nutcracker Suite and Spicy at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford

CONNetic Dance's Nutcracker Suite and Spicy takes the audience away from Candy Land and Tchaikovsky's classic score by leading them through an ugly sweater party, a Snow Ball and dancing Florettes, all to the music of jazz, hip-hop and tap. It's the third go-round for NS and S, and it happens at the Wadsworth Atheneum's Aetna Theater starting on Dec. 14.

CONNetic Dance's Nutcracker Suite and Spicy

Dec. 14-16, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., $30, Aetna Theatre at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St., Hartford, (860) 278-2670, thewadsworth.org.