The Nutcracker Essays

The final dress rehearsal before our winter dance performance of “The Nutcracker”, for me this always means christmas season, and despite the blizzard outside, this is my favorite season. The group for my approaching number and I are eagerly waiting and anticipation our final call. We stab the last bobby-pins into our scalps greased down with hairspray and finish our last mascara and lipstick swiped. It may just be a dress rehearsal but we are prepared to take advantage of all the time on the

presenting their rendition of the “Nutcracker” ballet and many people are planning their visit to see the ballet. For many this is the only ballet they will ever attend. The “Nutcracker” is the most popular ballet in the world. The “Nutcracker” ballet is based on the story "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice" written by E.T.A. Hoffman. While different from the original story, the basic plot remains the same. The story of a young German girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince and a battle against a

It was adapted from the story “the Nutcracker and the mouse king”. The premiere of the Nutcracker ballet took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892. Unfortunately, the original production was not a success. However, since the late 1960’s the ballet has become wildly popular

reputable show of all time the Nutcracker. Whether it’s a broad way show, an orchestra playing, or just the movie of the nutcracker playing on the television, the nutcracker is what makes Christmas so special for so many little children and adults across America every year. This year I decided to attend a Nutcracker performance myself, but this wasn’t your typical nutcracker performance, this one had a little twist to it. On Saturday December 2nd, I attended The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a (1892) musical

sure to pack my new pink lipstick!” Dress rehearsal for the Nutcracker was held at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center in Kirkland, Washington. The theater has the small and cramped dressing room, but it’s the place we call home for the first weekend of shows in December. “Dress,” as we call it, is the first full performance and the day where we try out our costumes for the first time. It is a day of excitement. For this year’s Nutcracker performances, I was cast in the Waltz of the Flowers, and as

Lily Hurt Mr. Kramer IB Theory of Knowledge B3 Extended Essay Body Paragraphs The Nutcracker Suite first starts out on Christmas Eve with two children, Fritz and Clara Stahlbaum. They are anxiously waiting for their friends and family to arrive for their annual Christmas party. When the guests arrive, the party starts and there is lively dancing and celebration. A mysterious being in dark clothing arrives and scares Fritz but not Clara. Clara knows it’s her godfather the toymaker. He is welcomed

piece from The Nutcracker created by contemporary ballet choreographer, George Balanchine. The Nutcracker, comprised of two acts, is about a young girl waking up to a fairytale journey involving many characters like the Mouse King, the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavailer, and the Nutcracker who turns into the Prince. The “Pas De Deux of the Sugarplum Fairy”, a piece from the second act, specifically revolves around the Sugarplum Fairy and Cavailer paying homage to the young girl and Nutcracker Prince for

I went the performance of The Nutcracker by Ballet West. The theme of the concert was the Nutcracker/Christmas. I saw this concert because I wanted to see a Christmas dance and a profession dance with profession dancers. Before the show started they dimmed the lights in the audience and when the show started they lit the stage up. The costumes in the show were a mouse in a normal mouse costume, a bear in a normal bear costume, the snowflakes in light blue dresses, the snow queen and king where dressed

I watched the Sleeping Beauty ballet classic performance by choreographer Mathew Bourne. This production aired on Great Performances, Friday, April 25, 2014 at 9.p.m. on PBS. I was glad I had the opportunity to watch this classic ballet performance, as it was one of my favorite stories when I was younger. This ballet was very different in terms of technique and choreography and was a very classical piece. I loved the costumes for this ballet and appreciated seeing the amount of detail in each setting

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker Suite (Objective Review) Ellington/Strayhorn/Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker Suite Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer best known for 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, written in 1892, was based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and The Mouse, written in 1816. The ballet is a regular staple of the holiday season, with many dance companies, both big and small, taking the opportunity to perform The Nutcracker. Duke Ellington

character and style. Tchaikovsky was more cosmopolitan and looked to western European traditions for their inspiration while still incorporating Russian elements into their music. (Charlton, 195-196). His most famous works include, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky composed Swan Lake (1875) after being commissioned by Vladimir Begichev, Russian dramatist and administrator. Swan Lake premiered at Moscow 's Bolshoi Theatre in 1877.The content was based

Bang! That is the first sound the audience hears from Danse Sacrale, the last movement in Igor Stravinsky's ballet suite, Rite of Spring. The audience was shocked at the opening night of the Rite of Spring. They expected dancers jumping up and down at the beginning of the ballet suite. Instead, they were met with dancers in rustic attire, a far cry from usual ballet scenes, and dancing in awkward movements and clumsy-like feet. As a musician, I have heard many great things about Stravinsky, yet I

Bird H-K hates Alayzdrew, but why? Several things happened to a girl that we now know as Bird H-K. These things are what turned her into what she is today, a villain. Not just a villain, but a villain that has dedicated her life to two things, winning in the battle against Alayzdrew, and winning the love from Lil Uzi Vert. But to really know why she's so dedicated to these things so much, you will need some background information. Bird H-K was born as Carletta H-K. She was born in Detroit, Michigan

Laura Mercado Lori Logue English 1010 18 November 2014 Lucid Dreaming Cinderella is one of the many fairytale stories that portrays impossible and unrealistic actions taken by characters in the story. For instance, in Cinderella, Cinderella is upset due to the fact that she can’t attend the ball since she has nothing to wear, this all changes when her friends (consisting of mice and birds) come to the rescue and put together a beautiful dress for her. More into the story, Cinderella runs into another

Ballet West and others performed the Nutcracker at the Browning Center on Saturday, November 28th, 2015. Directed by Adam Sklute and Scott Altman. Light and cheerful music was played before the curtain rose for the family holiday ballet performance. Although the ballet is older and so it the setting the set however was modern but still old-fashioned looking. In Act I, the Christmas party is just beginning. As everyone is arriving, they greet each other dramatically, joyfully. Soon the party starts

The Nutcracker is a memorable christmas story that has been told for a long time. The Nutcracker has many different versions ballet, movies, books, and more. In the variety of the version the plot is very similar. In the ballet there are only a couple ways to tell the story is their movements, their expression, and the music. The original ballet was in 1892. In movies they tell the story just like every other movie. They tell the story with the words, the sound, the music, the expressions, the tones

On November 28th, 2015 I attended Ben Stevenson’s version of The Nutcracker which was being performed by the Houston Ballet at the Wortham Theater Center. The dance featured two separate acts and multitude of dances as well as a live orchestra. The Nutcracker demonstrated the ability to unleash a multitude of emotions as well captivate its audience with music composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky of the Romantic era, usage of modern technologies and techniques such as lighting and special effects, as well

C. Song Liling as the Convincing Oriental Butterfly Gallimard meets Song Liling in a German ambassador’s house. At that time, Song is the opera diva performing Butterfly of Madama Butterfly on the stage. In fact, Gallimard is not into opera; however, Song’s performance, especially the death scene of Butterfly, has changed his idea to opera as well as Madama Butterfly. In Gallimard’s previous experiences, he has “always seen it played by huge women in so much bad makeup” (Hwang 16). Nonetheless,

New York City Ballet: Moves On March 12th through the 13th the New York City Ballet preformed their forgoing show, Moves at Christopher Newport’s Ferguson Center of the Arts. The New City Ballet is one of the cutting edge American dance companies of this generation. Founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine in 1946 this company has been dancing strong for 70 years. “The foremost creative ballet troupe in the world” announced by the New York Times. The first performance piece was “Hallelujah

On October 8th at 7pm, I attended a ballet show in Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton called the Peter Pan by Bruce Steivel. Everyone knows Peter Pan by the Disney movie. However, this ballet show really amazed me because it did not only tell the originally story of Peter Pan but the dance is really interesting. Bob Hope Theatre is not the traditional location. It is perform in the San Mateo Performing Arts Center and also the Fox Theater Bakersfield. The Bob Hope Theatre’s stage is pretty big and also