As the curtain opens on the nutcracker ballet, music and merriment fill the house as the stahlbaum family welcomes guests to their annual christmas party. Uncle drosselmeyer is able to repair the doll, and the party continues happily. Before her eyes, fritz is transformed into the mouse king. Clara, fritz, friends, party girls, party boys, candy dolls, soldiers, mice, attendants, trepak 9. Drosselmeyer carefully bandages the doll and returns it to clara, who plays with it gently. Clara and her nutcracker friends stop by the worlds fair. A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice. Clara, fritz, and their friends descend the staircase to seefor the very first timeelectric lights glowing on their christmas tree. The nutcracker story cast of characters childrens ballet theatre. The nutcracker leaves and the bed finds its way into a snowcovered forest. She falls instantly in love with her handsome little friend. Fritzs is given a toy train while clara is delighted with her wooden nutcracker doll. The nutcracker opens on christmas eve at the house of town major hans stahlbaum and his wife.
In the parlor, the silberhaus family, with their children clara and fritz, and. Western ballets the nutcracker is a holiday tradition filled with delight. It has been performed in somerville, massachusetts, and montreal, quebec, canada. Im talking about marieclara, little brother fritz, the nutcracker prince when hes played by a child, or anyone else in the kid category. He had been turned into a nutcracker by the evil mouse king, and only by the kings death could the nutcracker regain his human form. Its always wonderful to see the lead children in nutcracker productions. He mischievously pulls the nutcracker from his sisters hands, breaking it. Everyone is having a good time when claras godfather. Clara carefully places her beloved nutcracker under the christmas tree before the family retires to bed. Join us as clara visits the kingdom of sweets and meets the sugar plum fairy. The nutcracker then leads the soldiers into battle. Miko fogarty, 12, clara from the nutcracker youtube.
The nutcracker story begins with a family celebration of christmas eve. As the children grow weary, the guests depart, and drosselmeyer disappears as mysteriously as he had arrived. The nutcracker returns and suddenly turns into a prince, who looks just like drosselmeyers nephew. Drosselmeyer brings magic to the celebration with toys that come alive and a special gift for clara. He then presents clara with a toy nutcracker which fritz promptly. The nutcracker story childrens ballet theatre of michigan. Fritz and his friends now put on mouse masks and tease poor marie.
I often wonder how these lovely young dancers, who have to be able to dance and to cre. Fritz grows jealous, snatches the nutcracker from clara and plays a game of toss with the other boys. Dec 2010 new world school and the miami conservatory. Nutcracker childrens cast announcements festival ballet. Shes best friends with drosselmeyer, and has a soft spot for the nutcracker. Discover the many roles in tchaikovskys the nutcracker. The children begin to open gifts when drosselmeyer presents his to clara and fritz.
Suddenly, claras mysterious uncle, herr drosselmeyer, appears with gifts. Clara and her little brother, fritz, and their mother and father are celebrating with friends and family. Come and enjoy the traditions of our fall and spring ballets. Overture welcome, its christmas time, the partys just beginning. Waiting to open gifts that lie beneath the christmas tree. Marie takes a great liking to this awkward, funny creature. Hoffmanns short story the nutcracker and the mouse king and marius petipas and pyotr ilyich tchaikovskys ballet the nutcracker, about a young. History of the nutcracker pacific northwest ballet. The party grows festive with music and dance as godfather drosselmeyer. Drosselmeyer transforms the wooden nutcracker doll into a lifelike soldier. The story of the nutcracker ballet scene descriptions. The party grows festive with music and dance as godfather drosselmeyer arrives.
Peter tchaikovsky the nutcracker ballet in two acts. Marieclara, fritz, and the nutcracker kids nutcracker. He has made them as gifts to entertain his relatives and friends at the. The children, clara and fritz, are dancing and playing as. Email to friends share on facebook opens in a new window or tab share on twitter. Stahlbaum is the city mayor and together with his wife, he has two children. So he chases clara until he can get it away from her, and. The performance incorporates burlesque and tango dancers, drag kings, hoopers, ballerinas, acrobats, and belly dancers in a retelling of pyotr ilyich. Shop for the perfect nutcracker fritz gift from our wide selection of designs, or create your own personalized gifts. Clara stahlbaum is the main protagonist of nutcracker and the four realms she is portrayed by mackenzie foy, also played renesmee cullen in the twilight saga role in the film. Clara and brother fritz are playing, dancing, singing.
Fritz, who with his friends has been teasing the girls, grabs it away and accidentally breaks it. He is a skilled clock and toy maker and is always full of surprises. Everyone has a favorite snack or drink that gets them in the festive spiritincluding the characters in nutcracker. Clara and her nutcracker friends stop by the worlds.
The nutcracker site provides a central location for nutcracker ballet information. With mackenzie foy, keira knightley, morgan freeman, helen mirren. Fritz is given a beautiful drum, but clara is given the best gift of all, the nutcracker. December 3, 2019 leave a comment by sfballet nutcracker. Email to friends share on facebook opens in a new window or tab share on twitter opens in a new window or. Although his gift to fritz is quite nice, he gives clara a beautiful nutcracker that becomes the hit of the party. The atmosphere is festive and guests arrive one by one bringing presents. Clara is devastated, but drosselmeyer mends the nutcracker and the celebration continues. Clara is upset, but drosselmeyer fixes it with a handkerchief. The nutcracker ballet tchaikovskys nutcracker ballet is a fanciful story in dance featuring young clara and her new christmas nutcracker, a gift from her godfather drosselmeyer. This is a beautiful byers choice character from the nutcracker series. The friends university ballet program has established itself as a regional leader and outstanding program of excellence. For your byers choice or for your christmas related collectionkindlefritz1. Her brother, fritz, is unhappy with his own gift and very jealous of claras.
Fritz becomes jealous and, having a bit more spunk than a boy should have, grabs the nutcracker from clara and promptly breaks it. Left to right lydia rubtsova as marianna, stanislava belinskaya as clara and vassily stukolkin as fritz, in the original production of the nutcracker imperial mariinsky theatre, saint petersburg, 1892. Clara is overjoyed but fritz is jealous and breaks the nutcracker, but luckily drosselmeier mends the toy. The family are getting ready to host a party and the stahlbaum children, clara and fritz, decorate the tree as they wait for the guests and the gifts they hope theyre bringing to arrive. Its score was composed by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky and the performance choreographed by marius petipa and lev ivanov, three of russias greatest artists of their era. Claras brother fritz challenges the nutcracker to a duel. Byers choice retired 1994 first edition nutcracker series fritz with tag. The community nutcracker of jacksonville guides you through each act with full scene. Hammond ballet nutcracker tea the oaks in ponchatoula 9. Her best friends, the twins, become her heavenly helpers, the cupids.
Evergreen city ballet the nutcracker 2012 doll at the party scene. Come to the festive house to join with friends and family. Ivan vsevolozhsky and marius petipa adapted hoffmanns story for the ballet. Nutcracker performance listings are provided by state and city and by the company performing the. The nutcracker ballet loveland and conservatory dance. Dr and mrs dross transform into the gluttonous rulers of sweetieland, king sherbet and. The stahlbaums are hosting their annual christmas party, welcoming the arrival of their family and friends. Hoffmanns 1816 fairy tale the nutcracker and the mouse king. It tells the story of a little girl who goes to the land of sweets on christmas eve. The doll throws a slipper at the fighting pair, who stop just as drosselmeyer reappears. The bachelor of fine arts in ballet is one of only a handful in the nation.
The slutcracker is a burlesque, satirical version of the nutcracker that is the creation of lipstick criminals troupe director vanessa white. Byers choice nutcrackers series fritz first edition 1994. Warehouse saleup to 80% offprices reflect savingsends 518shop nowwarehouse saleup to 80% offprices reflect savingsends 518shop nowwarehouse saleup to 80% offprices reflect savingsends 518shop now shop now outdoor dining up to 60% off english garden. The ballet was inspired by the nutcracker and the mouse king, published in 1815 by the german author e. Marie s brother fritz, who is a great tease and very naughty, accidentally breaks the doll. With the help of his friends, fritz snatches the nutcracker from clara and breaks it. Fritz becomes jealous and, having a bit more spunk than a boy should have. Due to coronavirus covid19, many spring events are cancelled. The story opens at the home of the stahlbaums where daughter clara and son fritz welcome their friends to the family christmas party. Godfather drosselmeyer bandages the nutcracker and comforts the heartbroken clara. Clara and her brother fritz dance and play together as many of their friends and family arrive. Vintage 1994 byers chioce carolers 1st edition fritz the nutcracker series.
Hoffmanns book, this is the story of a magical christmas journey look for the be on the lookout. He added some music as well, explaining, when i did the nutcracker in new york, i needed an entracte. Clara calls drosselmeyer, who summons the toy soldiers, but the mouse king and his army are too strong for them. With great tenderness, marie comforts her injured nutcracker and rocks it backwards and forwards. With the nutcracker, he referred back to the original hoffman tale, adding herr drosselmeiers nephew, the keyhole scene, in which clara and fritz eagerly anticipate seeing the family christmas tree, and claras wandering bed. Drosselmeier and his magical toys on christmas eve. The children, clara and fritz, are dancing and playing as they welcome their friends too.
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