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"Sugar Plum Fairy" has been described as a reference to actor Joe Campbell, who played a character by that name in Warhol's 1965 film, My Hustler. [19] The term was a euphemism for "drug dealer". [20] Prior to joining the Warhol crowd, Campbell was Harvey Milk's boyfriend/partner for approximately six years. [21]
Sugarplum Fairy is a pop-rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The members took the name from a version of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" where John Lennon counts the song in by saying "sugar-plum-fairy, sugar-plum-fairy". Sugarplum Fairy was founded in 1998 by brothers Viktor and Carl Norén and by Kristian Gidlund.
In the film Campbell's role was called "Sugar Plum Fairy". [3] Campbell was mentioned as "the Sugar Plum Fairy" in the 1972 Lou Reed song "Walk on the Wild Side". [2] Campbell was given that nickname by Dorothy Dean. [1] Campbell was in a relationship with Harvey Milk from 1955 to 1962. He died on October 2, 2005. He was 68 years old. [4]
In 1892, Dell'Era created the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, a new ballet conceived by mastermind choreographer Marius Petipa [4] and composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. [8] The ballet premièred at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on December 17, 1892, as a double feature alongside Tchaikovsky's last opera, Iolanta ; tickets ...
Feminist ballerina Ashley Bouder has been outspoken about body shaming in the ballet world. Here's how she's leading by example as her daughter joins her on stage this holiday "Nutcracker" season.
Her latest viral beauty look is no different — meet sugar plum fairy makeup. The 27-year-old model took to TikTok on Tuesday, November 21, to showcase the new ballet-inspired makeup look.
Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line, "The children were nestled all snug in their beds/While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from Clement C. Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), better known as " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
Piano in the Background (1960) The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the 1892 ballet " The Nutcracker " by Tchaikovsky , arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn .