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Dec 22, 2015 · Clara, a young girl, creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite gift, a nutcracker. A mysterious magician, Drosselmeyer, is waiting to whisk her off on a magical adventure ...
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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 ...
Sep 28, 2024 · The Nutcracker, ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.The last of his three ballets, it was first performed in December 1892.. The story of The Nutcracker is loosely based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
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Dec 18, 2014 · The San Francisco ballet performed "The Nutcracker" on Christmas Eve of 1944. But it wasn't until the 1960s that performances of the complete "Nutcracker" ballet really took off as an annual ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Advertisement. The ballet begins during a Christmas Eve party, where a girl named Clara is delighted when her godfather Drosselmeyer arrives with toys, including a nutcracker that she takes a liking to, but her brother Fritz breaks it (via Nutcracker Ballet). When Clara sneaks back to the tree at midnight to check on the repaired nutcracker ...
Sep 23, 2024 · The story begins on Christmas Eve in the home of young Clara. During a party, Clara ’s mysterious godfather Drosselmeyer gives the children a nutcracker doll. She takes a liking to it and, after everyone has gone to bed returns to check on it in the parlour. As the clock strikes midnight, the nutcracker grows to life size and Clara embarks on ...
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Dec 21, 2018 · Kathryn Louderback Christmas, Holiday Music ballet, Christmas, dance, romantic, tchaikovsky, the nutcracker. The original production of The Nutcracker, 1892. Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is one of today’s most recognizable – and influential – Christmas works. The ballet has an interesting history, though – one that began four ...
