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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's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
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 ...
Miyako Yoshida and Steven McRae as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier in a production of The Nutcracker by Peter Wright for The Royal Ballet (2009). Although the original 1892 Marius Petipa production was not a success, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker began to slowly enjoy worldwide popularity after Balanchine first staged his production of it in 1954. [1]
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.
In 1954, Tallchief was given the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in Balanchine's newly reworked version of The Nutcracker, then an obscure ballet. Her performance of the role helped transform the work into an annual Christmas classic, and the industry's most reliable box-office draw. [ 4 ]
The ballet has been adapted from "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," written in 1816 by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Thiemet considers the production to be special because it involves young children ...
Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker; Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; Olga in Onegin; Kitri and Amour in Don Quixote; Cinderella and The Fairy Spring in Cinderella; Pas de six and Moyna in Giselle; Odette/Odile, Neapolitan, Cygnet and pas de trois in Swan Lake; Princess Louise and Princess Stephanie in Mayerling; Vera in A Month in the Country
In 2011, she danced the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in a telecast of The Nutcracker. Fairchild made her Broadway stage debut playing the role of Ivy Smith in the 2014 revival of On the Town, [4] which opened on October 16, 2014, at the Lyric Theatre. She received the 2015 Theatre World Award for her performance.