If you thought fictional representations of ballet were thrilling, you should check out
the real thing:
TUESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2010. 7:15PM & SUNDAY DECEMBER 19, 2010. 1:30PM. ALL SEATS $15.00.
THE HEIGHTS THEATER PRESENTS AN HD BALLET IN THE CINEMA EVENT!
“THE NUTCRACKER” (2009)
A ballet in 2 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. From the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, London 140 minutes, plus one intermission. Starring Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Gary Avis, the Royal Ballet & the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor Koen Kessels. Director Peter Wright. About the Nutcracker: A magician with secrets, an enchanted gift, a battle with the Mouse King, a guiding angel and a visit through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets: it must be the seasonal favorite, The Nutcracker. The ballet draws on all the imagination and fantasy of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story of Christmas Eve, when young Clara creeps downstairs for one of her presents, but finds herself instead at the start of a night of magical adventures. Recorded Nov & Dec 2009.
Oh, looky here, Performance Today had a blurb about "The Nutcracker"
today:
It was a memorable collision between technology and art. A new instrument had just been invented in France: the celeste, a keyboard instrument with a sound like a tinkly set of magic bells. Peter Tchaikovsky heard it on a trip to Paris, and knew instantly that he had the perfect tune for it. Nowadays, people automatically associate the sound of the celeste with the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from his ballet, "The Nutcracker." At the premiere, the audience was astounded at the new invention.
Give it a listen on their
here.
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