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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.
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 ...
Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American prima ballerina. She received early ballet training at the School of American Ballet. [1] Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age 15, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969, and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in ...
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 [2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. [citation needed] Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring ...
Misty Copeland. Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) [1] is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. [2] On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history. [3]
Raised in Florence, South Carolina, [3] Murphy was a member of Columbia City Ballet before attending high school at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.There, under the tutelage of Melissa Hayden, she danced principal roles in several of the school's productions, including The Nutcracker [4] and George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Western Symphony, Tarantella and Theme and ...
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