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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.
Original publication in 1816 in Berlin in the collection Kinder-Märchen (Children's Stories) by In der Realschulbuchhandlung "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a novella–fairy tale written in 1816 by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which a young girl's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King ...
This year's Nutcracker production runs from Nov. 29-Dec. 29 on Tuesday-Sunday. A matinée show at 1:30 p.m. and an evening show at 7:30 p.m. will be held daily, with some exceptions.
Their popularity grew in the 19th century and spread throughout Europe, prompting Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann to pen a children's short story in 1816 called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
From that emerged their slightly tweaked name of the production, “The Nutcracker’s Mustache.” Their performance skills are not a fluke, though. All of the Jansons are trained ballet dancers.
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 ...
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 ...
Operation Nutcracker starring Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell premieres this Friday, Oct. 25. Then on Saturday, Oct. 26 it's time for The Christmas Charade with Rachel Skarsten and Corey ...