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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.
Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Petipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet , its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center , New York, with costumes by Karinska , sets by Horace Armistead ...
An average handcrafted nutcracker doll is made out of about 60 separate pieces. [2] Nutcracker dolls traditionally resemble toy soldiers, and are often painted in bright colors. [1] Different designs proliferated early; by the early 19th century there were ones dressed as miners, policemen, royalty or soldiers from different armies. [2]
Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most often depicted as toy soldiers, they became gifts and symbols of good ...
It is based on the traditional Russian [2] and Ukrainian folk dance also called the trepak. The piece is part of the Divertissement in Act II, Tableau III. [citation needed] The other character dances in this divertissement are: Chocolate (Spanish dance), Coffee (Arabian dance) and Tea (Chinese dance). Tchaikovsky's Trepak is written in AABA form.
Using a variety of media - shadow puppets, kinetic sculptures, experimental music and narrative dance - Cabaret Red Light's NUTCRACKER revolves around the figure of Marie and her Godfather Drosselmeyer's efforts to warn her about the false promises and counterfeit values that mark the transition into adult life. The production premiered on ...
“The marriage of music and dance is a hallmark of NYCB," its statement said, calling the New York City Ballet Orchestra's performance of the “magnificent” score “a tremendous enhancement ...
Christensen's Nutcracker continues in Salt Lake City, where it is performed annually by Christensen's Ballet West. [3] The stage success of the Christensen version marked the first step in making productions of The Nutcracker annual Christmas season traditions all over the world – a phenomenon that did not really come to flower until the late ...