Urban Nutcracker Team
Tony Williams
Founder & Artistic Director, Urban Nutcracker
After experiencing trouble as a street gang member, Tony Williams discovered a pathway to international success through ballet. Williams’ impressive career includes performing as a Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Gulbenkian Ballet of Portugal, and the Norwegian National Ballet. Widely respected as a progressive dance educator, Williams has won the Dance Teacher Magazine Award, Wheelock Family Theater’s Wheel Award, and honored as a Boston Dance Alliance Dance Champion.
