The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a fictional story written by E.T.A Hoffmann in 1816. This magical Christmas story is about a girl getting a very magical soldier doll, and go on the most unexpected adventure yet. There are hundreds of versions of this story, sad versions and happy versions, but the storyline remains the same. There are books, movies, plays, and even ballets! The original ballet was in 1892. The magical night of Christmas Eve this takes place. The protagonist named Clara is waiting for her godfather named Drosselmeyer (an antagonist) to bring presents! Finally he comes and brings Clara a magical Nutcracker. Clara dances with her Nutcracker, and Fritz gets a little jealous of the doll and purposely breaks it. But Drosselmeyer…

Kristina Snyder Ms. Maylett Honors Freshmen English/Period 7 8 October 2015 Graceful Growth When my teacher Ms. Erin first pulled me aside after class to tell me I would be Clara in The Nutcracker, squealing with joy, I grinned from ear to ear, hardly able to contain my excitement. I can still remember learning and practicing all the complicated steps, buying my own glittery nutcracker to use for the performances, and getting fit for the baby pink costume and soft, chiffon, white dress.…

A story told every December around the world: A holiday party, a magical gift, toy soldiers to fight the King of Mice, swirling snowflakes and a fantastic voyage to the Kingdom of Sweets to meet the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy. On December 19th, 2015, the Greensboro Ballet performed their rendition of this story, the Nutcracker, at the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro. Every year, they always have the showing of the Nutcracker with new people dancing the multitudes of different characters. Every…

Marchenkova was the raunchiest Tall Girl I have ever seen. Subtlety? Nyet! I'm not really sure what I thought about it, except that it wasn't boring. Her legs were like pistols, and she looked the audience straight in the eye: never letting them out of her grasp. She did make an effort at the style and certainly should be credited with dancing extremely big. Not even a particularly tall dancer, she certainly did everything to look like one. Krysanova/Lopatin looked like they had walked…

I. The Nutcracker ballet is one of the most famous ballets in history. For many, it is a yearly tradition to watch or perform this well-known performance. This story starts on Christmas Eve with two siblings, Clara and Fritz, being led to see their presents. Clara instantly falls in love with a nutcracker soldier. After deciding to play with the doll, Fritz accidently breaks its bottom teeth. Clara becomes mad and cares for the nutcracker in the playroom. The clock strikes twelve and she…

family, is also a time to enjoy classic fine arts together. A stable every Christmas season is the Nutcracker, which the literature is republished in multiple forms including play, dance, and orchestra concerts. This season I had the pleasure of being a audience of The Nutcracker presented at the McCaw Hall. The show was phenomenal, and included moments of cheerfulness and happiness, but during others moments of grave danger and suspense. The performers applied contrasting bodily techniques and…

In 2011, I remember the day my mother came home with tickets to the ballet. She had gotten free tickets through her job to see a preview of the Cincinnati Ballet’s production of “The New Nutcracker”. I had seen productions of the ballet before but I was excited to see what this new production brought. Years later, it has become my favorite holiday tradition to see the Nutcracker every year. I went to a preview of the show over Thanksgiving break and experience the holiday cheer all over again.…

The Nutcracker and The Rite of Spring are some of the most influential ballets ever produced. In this paper, I will be describing the composers, what influenced the writers, what the ballets are about, and I will contrast the two works of art. Since these greats works of art are so influential, it is important to talk about them their importance when they were created and what impact they still have today. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky or better known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovosky, was the man who…

They would be in the Nutcracker every December. The most memorable one was the last one ever. Carly was Clara, the lead role. She had several dances, plus acting, her last one was on Pointe. Timothy was the mouse king, who accidently fell in the orchestra pit while fighting the prince. Glad it was in dress rehearsal and he wasn't hurt. He just jousted back too far, right off stage. Maddie was the,the maid in the opening scene and the Sugar Plum Fairy, as well as the mouse leader. She…

The title of the dance that I watch from Youtube.com is called Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker. The name of the choreography is Vasily Vainoneon, The conductor 's name is Valery Gergiev and the stage and costumes are made by Benjamin Tyrrell. The source of the music was astonishing to listen throughout the concert. The music helps the dancers to flow within each stride of the beat is brought out. There is about thirty to forties dancers on stage. Some of the dancers, are young children’s of…