What is the Nutcracker?

The Nutcracker is a traditionally performed during Christmas. Unlike many other ballets, the Nutcracker is popular for children and adults. On the basis of a surrealistic story of German writer E. T. A. Hoffmann, the Nutcracker tells the story of Clary, a young girl who dreams of adventures with the Nutcracker who receives for Christmas. This Nutcracker is particularly suitable for such fantasies, because it is made to look like a human as traditional in Europe. The ballet was first performed in St. Petersburg Russia around Christmas, 18 December 1892. Despite its current popularity Nutcracker did not immediately catch up. In fact, the ballet was not carried out outside Russia until 1934, England, and would not reach the United States for another ten years. While the Baletby was slow to gain popularity, parts of the music of Tchaikovsky for ballet, collectively known as the The Lutcracker Suite , were commonly performed in accordance.

The Nutcracker was given by the new life of the well -known choreographer George Balllanchine of the New York City ballet. In the 1960s, the ballet was a Christical clamp and a ballet in New York since its debut has made a version of Ballankine each year. One of the innovations Ballanchine was to cast children in the roles of Clary, which he renamed to Marie and the Nutcracker. Another version that helped to consolidate the fame The Nutcracker was choreographed by the Russian dancer Mikhail Baryyhnikov, who originally played the main role. The Baryshnikov version, debut in 1976 and first broadcast a year later, was nominated for Emmy and became the best -selling ballet video of all time.

Various versions of The Nutcracker Ballet can be seen every year at Christmas, and Quirkier has also begun to take the story. There were versions of skating, for example from 1983 The Nutcracker: Fantasy on ice , adapted to television. Mark Morris organized SatirickOU version of ballet in 1992, entitled The Hard necessary . In addition, there are many loosely established animated versions, for example from 1999 The NuttietortCracker .