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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.
The redevelopment was designed by Adelaide-based COX Architecture and built by Hansen Yuncken, managed by the South Australian Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure and Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. [10] [11] The new Her Majesty's Theatre opened on 12 June 2020.
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 ...
Orlando Ballet is celebrating Christmas in July as tickets to the company’s all-new production of “The Nutcracker” go on sale. After 30 years, Orlando Ballet is building a whole new ...
The roots of the Australian Ballet can be found in the Borovansky Ballet, a touring repertory company [1] founded in 1940 by the Czech dancer Edouard Borovansky.Borovansky had been a dancer in the touring ballet company of the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova and, after visiting Australia on tour with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, he decided to remain in Australia, establishing a ...
It was in use from circa 1949 to circa 1969 with the site being cleared in 1970. [15] [16] More recently, acknowledgement has also been made that the site is located on historical Kaurna lands. [17] Adelaide Festival Centre was built in three parts, from April 1970 to 1980. [18]
In November 2024 the state government announced a new program, called LOFT, in collaboration with the Australian Dance Theatre (ADT). [11] The program, beginning in mid-2025, will include a dedicated space at Lion Arts, to be used for residencies and mentorship of dancers developing new dance works, with administrative support from ADT.