Act II

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Act II is the concluding section of Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, set in the Land of Sweets and featuring many of its most famous character dances and musical numbers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet act
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Sweets
basedOn The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
centralTheme celebration in the Land of Sweets
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
containsNumber Arabian Dance (Coffee)
Chinese Dance (Tea)
Dance of the Mirlitons
Divertissement
Entrance of Clara and the Prince to the Land of Sweets
Final Waltz and Apotheosis
Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles
linked to: Polichinelles

Pas de deux (Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier)
Russian Dance (Trepak)
Spanish Dance (Chocolate)
Variation of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Waltz of the Flowers
featuresCharacter Arabian dancers
Cavalier (Prince Coqueluche)
Chinese dancers
Clara
Dewdrop
Flowers
Mirlitons (reed flutes)
Mother Ginger
Polichinelles
Russian dancers
Spanish dancers
Sugar Plum Fairy
The Nutcracker Prince
featuresDanceType divertissement
waltz
featuresForm grand pas de deux
genre classical ballet
language instrumental (no sung text)
narrativeFunction conclusion of the ballet
notableInstrumentation celesta
notablePiece Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
originalChoreographer Lev Ivanov
Marius Petipa
partOf The Nutcracker
positionInWork second act
premiereCity Saint Petersburg
premiereCountry Russian Empire
premiereDate 1892-12-18
premierePlace Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
linked to: Mariinsky Theatre
setting Land of Sweets
linked to: Kingdom of Sweets
structure series of character dances and ensemble numbers
workBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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