Nutcracker Ballet
Le Jeune Dance performs the Nutcracker Ballet every season. This is a family favorite.
Nutcracker is a full length, 2 act ballet with a cast of 60-90 people.
Synopsis
Based on a novel by 19th-century romantic fabulist E.T.A. Hoffman, The
Nutcracker weaves a magical tale of holiday adventure around one of the most recognizable scores in the ballet repertoire. It begins when young Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, a wizardly toymaker named Drosselmeyer at the family holiday celebration. Sneaking downstairs to see the toy after everyone else has gone to bed, she suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of a pitched battle between toy soldiers and an army of mice. After saving the nutcracker with a well-thrown shoe to the Mouse King’s head, Clara and her now life sized prince venture through the Land of Snow and to Land of Sweets to celebrate.
Throughout their adventures, Tchaikovsky’s dazzling inventiveness propels the dances of nimble flowers and regal fairy queens. The “Waltz of the Snowflakes” floats weightlessly above the angelic voices of a youth choir, whereas the “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” tiptoes to the haunting, music-box chimes of a celesta. A medley of exotic national dances—including a Spanish bolero and Russian Trepak—add to the phantasmagoric celebration before the whole dream ends, as all dreams must.
Nutcracker Ballet
Le Jeune Dance performs the Nutcracker Ballet every season. This is a family favorite.
Nutcracker is a full length, 2 act ballet with a cast of 60-90 people.
Synopsis
Based on a novel by 19th-century romantic fabulist E.T.A. Hoffman, The
Nutcracker weaves a magical tale of holiday adventure around one of the most recognizable scores in the ballet repertoire. It begins when young Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, a wizardly toymaker named Drosselmeyer at the family holiday celebration. Sneaking downstairs to see the toy after everyone else has gone to bed, she suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of a pitched battle between toy soldiers and an army of mice. After saving the nutcracker with a well-thrown shoe to the Mouse King’s head, Clara and her now life sized prince venture through the Land of Snow and to Land of Sweets to celebrate.
Throughout their adventures, Tchaikovsky’s dazzling inventiveness propels the dances of nimble flowers and regal fairy queens. The “Waltz of the Snowflakes” floats weightlessly above the angelic voices of a youth choir, whereas the “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” tiptoes to the haunting, music-box chimes of a celesta. A medley of exotic national dances—including a Spanish bolero and Russian Trepak—add to the phantasmagoric celebration before the whole dream ends, as all dreams must.