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Natalya Yershova as Masha and Ivan Oskorbin as Nutcracker in a scene from The Nutcracker choreographed by Igor Zelensky for the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, 2013. Alexandr Kryazhev/RIA Novosti The original story of “The Nutcracker” was part of a group of fairytales written by the German Romantic writer E. T. A. Hoffman published in Berlin in 1816. Alexandre Dumas (père) wrote a version in French in 1844. Not quite 50 years later, in 1892, Peter Tchaikovsky made this story the foundation of a ballet, choreographed by the legendary Marius Petipa. To this day, The Nutcracker is one of the world’s most popular ballets. 1. A government bureaucrat had the idea of making The Nutcracker into a ballet at the end of the 19th?Century Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the Imperial Theaters in St. Petersburg, first thought of using the story of a girl and a nutcracker for a ballet production. The first few times the ballet was performed, it was shown on a single program with Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta. 2. The premiere took place Dec. 18, 1892 in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg Scene from The Nutcracker ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg Theater, 1892. / Source: RIA Novosti The parts were performed by students from the theater school of the Imperial Theaters. Both the minor roles ? such as the children at the Christmas party, which were appropriate for the students’ age ? and the major roles, such as the Sugar Plum Fairy, were played by the students. All the performers received a basket of chocolates from Tchaikovsky, and the ballet started a new tradition ? using child dancers on the stage. 3. The heroine has been known by a number of names Ballet dancers Nina Timofeyeva and Igor Uksusnikov in a scene from The Nutcracker. / Source: RIA Novosti Marichen, Marie, Masha, Clara… Over the past century, the name of the heroine who saves the nutcracker prince has changed many times. At first she had a German name, as per her literary beginnings. In Russia, the heroine was renamed Masha after World War I. 4. At the premiere of The Nutcracker, another premiere took place Leningrad Kirov State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (now Mariinsky Theater). Raisa Struchkova performing the part of Masha, 1954. / Source: RIA Novosti Tchaikovsky secretly brought a celesta to Russia from Paris and played it for the audiences at the premiere. A celesta is an instrument is similar to a piano, but it has metallic plates instead of strings. 5. The sweet music and story are portrayed with difficult, technical dancing Maria Semenova as Princess and Alexei Yermolaev as the Nutcracker. A scene from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker. " The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre. The photograph was taken in 1939. / Source: Nikolai Sahovsky/RIA Novosti The main role of the second act of The Nutcracker goes to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Even 100 years ago, this role required performing 16 fouettes on stage. The first dancer to play her on the Russian stage was the Italian prima donna Antonietta Dell’Era. 6. Around 150 different costumes are used in the classic rendition of The Nutcracker Dancer Leonid Sarafanov as the Nutcracker at the Mikhailovsky Theater. / Source: Igor Russak/RIA Novosti There are many small parts in The Nutcracker ??flowers, toys, toy soldiers, snowflakes, fairies and mice all must be clothed in addition to the major roles. More than 50 backstage workers are needed to prepare this small army. For an effective dance performance, no fewer than 20 children dancing as Snowflakes are needed. 7. The performance of The Nutcracker considered the gold standard was the 1966 production by Yuri Grigorovich at the Bolshoi Theater Yekaterina Maksimova as Marie and Vladimir Vasilyev as Nutcracker Prince in a scene from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR, 1973 / Source: S. Solovjev/RIA Novosti The roles of the Masha and The Prince were performed with an emotion that was more than professional ? they were played by the starring couple of the Russian ballet, Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev. According to Grigorovich, Vasiliev’s Nutcracker was the ideal fairy tale hero, and Maximova had matured, in the truest sense of the word, from a Snowflake into Masha. Video by YouTube 8. After the 1917 Revolution, The Nutcracker became an export A scene from The Nutcracker by Nacho Duato at the Mikhailovsky Theater. / Source: Igor Russak/RIA Novosti For example, 27 priceless scripts describing Marius Petipa’s production were part of the “Sergeev Collection. ” This collection, made up of choreographic notations, music, designs for décor and costumes, theater programs, photos and other materials describing the productions at St. Petersburg’s Imperial Theaters, were taken out of the Soviet Union by Nikolai Sergeev, the director of the ballet troupe at the Mariinsky. The collection is now kept at Harvard University. 9. The Nutcracker has been performed 500 times in the Bolshoi Theater A scene from The Nutcracker staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. / Source: lovjev/RIA Novosti The success of The Nutcracker abroad is due mostly to Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine, who created a production for the New York Ballet in 1954. In 1993, this version was made into a film. The role of the prince was played by Macaulay Culkin, a student of the Balanchine Ballet School. 10. After Balanchine’s production a kind of Nutcracker-mania took over the world Igor Russak
Dancer Oksana Bondareva as Masha in a scene The Nutcracker at the Mikhailovsky Theater.
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A scene from The Nutcracker at the Mikhailovsky Theater.
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Students of the Vaganova Ballet Academy perform The Nutcracker at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater.
\n 1 / 3 The holiday tale has been staged in numerous countries by such renowned choreographers as Rudolph Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Maurice Bejart and Matthew Bourne. First published in Russian by Read more: Photos of famous Russian ballet dancers now in color>>> All rights reserved by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Get the week's best stories straight to your inbox.
34:43 to 39:08 some of the most beautiful music ever written imo. I've played trumpet in orchestras for Nutcracker, and I always felt like packing up and going home after this section. Nothing could ever top the feeling of sitting there in all that gorgeous sound for these few minutes. Bolshoi ballet 3a the nutcracker free full cover. Bolshoi ballet: the nutcracker free full movies. So happy to see so many young people in the audience. ?.
Bolshoi ballet: the nutcracker free full movie. Thank you! This is the best Nutcracker I have seen in my life. Irek is an amazing dancer! His lifts and jumps are out of this world. Bolshoi ballet: the nutcracker free full song. Why cartwheels. A contract dancer means that they are self employed and not subject to a normal contract of employment. They will carry out their own accounting and benefits and will not benefit from holiday,? sick pay or pension contributions. Their rates would understandably be higher in these circumstances. They will have greater flexibility in that they will be able to contract their work elsewhere as long as they satisfy the hours or performances stated in their contract. In the UK, there are tax advantages as a registered business, claiming expenses for travel and other outgoings, re claiming VAT contributions. They can under certain conditions also benefit from Capital gains allowances at the end of a term. My guess is that it has been offered and agreed as a mutually convenient arrangement.
NICE EFFORT, BUT IT'S NOT THE NUTCRACKER BALLET WHEN PEOPLE ARE HACKING THEIR LUNGS UP IN THE AUDIENCE... This takes my breath away. The excellence of all concerned is beyond belief. But, isn't? the JESTER just the business? BRAVA.

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