The Nutcracker (Balanchine)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ballet
gptkbp:action 2
gptkbp:basedOn The Nutcracker (original ballet by Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa)
gptkbp:choreographer gptkb:George_Balanchine
gptkbp:costume gptkb:Karinska
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Horace_Armistead
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Drosselmeyer
gptkb:Mouse_King
gptkb:Nutcracker_Prince
gptkb:Sugar_Plum_Fairy
gptkb:Clara
gptkbp:featuresDance gptkb:Dance_of_the_Sugar_Plum_Fairy
gptkb:Waltz_of_the_Flowers
gptkb:Waltz_of_the_Snowflakes
gptkbp:filmedVersion 1993 film The Nutcracker (starring Macaulay Culkin)
gptkbp:hasCompany gptkb:New_York_City_Ballet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Nutcracker (Balanchine)
gptkbp:influenced American Nutcracker tradition
gptkbp:language no dialogue (ballet)
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:George_Balanchine
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky
gptkbp:notableFor annual holiday performances
use of children in major roles
elaborate stage effects (growing Christmas tree, snow)
influence on American Nutcracker productions
use of live children’s chorus in snow scene
grand pas de deux for Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier
distinct choreography from original Petipa/Ivanov version
gptkbp:notableWrestler gptkb:Darci_Kistler
gptkb:Suzanne_Farrell
gptkb:Maria_Tallchief
gptkb:Mikhail_Baryshnikov
Macaulay Culkin (film version)
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:New_York_City_Ballet
gptkbp:premiereDate February 2, 1954
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:City_Center_of_Music_and_Drama,_New_York_City
gptkbp:revival New York City Ballet (annually)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Balanchine's_ballet
gptkb:George_Balanchine_ballets
gptkb:Lesley_Rausch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8