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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 ...
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.
As the iconic music swells and the curtain rises in the Buddy Holly Hall, a ballet performance of "The Nutcracker" plays out on stage with colorful costumes, intricate choreography and detailed ...
Dena Abergel, a faculty member at the School of the American Ballet who helps cast the children's roles, said that it's a joy to watch "The Nutcracker" give young dancers new opportunities every year.
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 ...
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Due to budget restrictions, all footage for Nutcracker was filmed over a period of ten days. [8] Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, on the University of Washington campus, was used as a filming location. [5] Parts of the film were also shot in Salt Lake City, Utah. [10] [page needed] The film's cast is made up of PNB dancers from the stage ...
The full cast boasts 104 dancers from the Ashland/Mansfield area and surrounding counties. Ashland Regional Ballet prepares for 32nd annual production of 'The Nutcracker' Skip to main content