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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 ...
Raised in Florence, South Carolina, [3] Murphy was a member of Columbia City Ballet before attending high school at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.There, under the tutelage of Melissa Hayden, she danced principal roles in several of the school's productions, including The Nutcracker [4] and George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Western Symphony, Tarantella and Theme and ...
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 ...
New costumes and new scenery give Milwaukee Ballet's annual production of "Nutcracker" a fresh feel. There are more children in the show, too. A sparkling new look enlivens Milwaukee Ballet's ...
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The ballet's artistic staff and artists will create new, expressive choreography that's suited to the venue's intimate feel. 'The Nutcracker' Dec. 19-22 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre ...
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.
Frankfurt was the choreographer and artistic advisor for the Ulster Ballet Company and served as the artistic director and choreographer in residence for Catskill Ballet Theater. [2] Later, she served as the artistic director for The 8th Position Dance Pod. [2] In 2022, she became the artistic director at the Stapleton School of the Performing ...