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Ballet Austin has been presenting the Nutcracker since 1962 and since 1997, hundreds of Central Texans have played Mother Ginger. A different celebrity is featured in every performance.
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.
Jayden Fowora-Knight as Captain Philip Hoffman, a nutcracker who helps Clara on her journey. Helen Mirren as Mother Ginger, regent of the Land of Amusements (also known as The Fourth Realm). Morgan Freeman as Drosselmeyer, Clara's godfather, a skilled engineer, who gives her a magical gift that once belonged to her mother.
Polichinelle, the little children or clowns in The Nutcracker ballet who emerge from Mother Ginger's enormous hoop skirt to do a short dance; Polichinelle Couloir near La Grave, France where the American extreme skier Doug Coombs died in a fall. "Polichinelle", a 2012 cover by the Symphonic Metal band Therion
Step into the holiday magic of Ballet Lubbock’s "The Nutcracker." Discover the artistry behind the costumes, choreography and sets at Buddy Holly Hall.
Here's how she's leading by example as her daughter joins her on stage this holiday "Nutcracker" season. She's the Sugarplum Fairy. Her 8-year-old daughter is an angel.
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 ...
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 ...