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2. The Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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   The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.

3. Ballet Arizona - Wikipedia

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   Ballet Arizona is a professional ballet company in Phoenix, Arizona directed by Daniela Cardim. [1] The company was created in 1986 by a merger of three smaller Arizonan dance companies that were struggling to survive. [2] Today, the company of thirty-one dancers occupies a prominent place in American ballet.

4. Sophia Lucia - Wikipedia

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   Her ballet teacher Rachel Sebastian stated that she exhibits the "perfect storm" of natural talent and tenacity that helps her turn well. [4] Lengel partially credited the popularity of Phoenix Ballet's The Nutcracker to Lucia and her fame from reality television.

5. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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   First performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944, The Nutcracker became a smash hit when it was reworked by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet in 1954. And the rest, they say, is ...

6. Young dancers take on lead roles in Christmas classic "The ...

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   "The Nutcracker" at the New York City Ballet is a holiday classic that draws thousands to Lincoln Center each year.. The company has been performing George Balanchine's ballet every year since ...

7. J'aime Crandall - Wikipedia

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   In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Études, La Sylphide and The Nutcracker. [1 ...

8. List of productions of The Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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   Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (after Petipa) Company: Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Premiere: 1919 Russian choreographer Alexander Gorsky, who staged a production of The Nutcracker in Moscow in 1919, is credited with the idea of combining Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy's roles (i.e. giving the Fairy's dances to Clara), eliminating the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier, giving the Cavalier's dances to the ...

9. Gelsey Kirkland - Wikipedia

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   Kirkland joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1974, and performed as a principal dancer in a number of classical ballets including the title role in Giselle, Kitri in Don Quixote, Clara in The Nutcracker, Swanilda in Coppélia, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the Sylph in La Sylphide, Lise in La Fille Mal Gardée, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Nikiya in The Kingdom of ...