Sunday 17 July 2011

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The Waltz of Flowers lead by the Dew Drop Fairy

evokes hint of jasmine and rose being carried along on a soft, spring breeze

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Coffee from Arabia

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Candy canes from Russia dance a trepak with hoops

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Mother Gigogne with her enormous skirt and the clowns

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Sugar Plum and her Kingdom of Sweets

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Sugar-Plum Fairy and her Cavalier dance the Pas de Deux

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Friday 17 December 2010

 

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{Images by Rachel Papo Fitting The Nutcracker Costumes of New York City Ballet, 2006 — for The New York Sun via erin ever after; bottom from Australian Ballet’s 2011 calendar}

Friday 17 December 2010

 

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The Nutcracker is a story written by E.T.A. Hoffmann

which was turned into a ballet with music by the composer, Tchaikovsky.

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The Christmas tale tells of a young girl named Clara who is given a beautiful wooden Nutcracker by her mysterious and magical uncle, Herr Drosselmeyer, a toymaker. On Christmas Eve night, either in a dream or in reality, Clara’s Nutcracker and the toys beneath the Christmas tree come to life. After doing battle with an army of wooden soldiers against the wicked Mouse King, the Nutcracker unmasks himself as a handsome prince and takes Clara to an enchanted kingdom.

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