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I hope I never hear that God-awful Nutcracker music again, complains a typically grumpy Homer Simpson. And guess what comes next? Yup, the Simpsons cast sings a Christmas medley to the tune of the Act I March.
Two years after Duke Ellington, American rockers B. Bumble the Stingers were inspired to create their own high-octane arrangement of The Nutcrackers March, a version thats been covered by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, among others.
Miami City Ballets production of George Balanchines The Nutcracker in the Park is one of the most fantastical renditions you will see. Get into the holiday mood and immerse yourself in Tchaikovskys magical score.
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Experience the magic of George Balanchines The Nutcracker in the Park, live in Downtown Doral Park in the heart of Miami-Dade. From your socially-distanced pod on the lawn, you and your loved ones will be transported into the dream of a brave little girl named Marie and the enchanting world of The Nutcracker.
FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we enter a world of Christmas magic, snowflakes, sweets and sugar plum fairies. The Nutcracker is one of the most popular ballets in the world. It is also an important part of the winter holiday season in America. This week, we tell about the history of this ballet and several versions being performed throughout the United States.
DOUG JOHNSON: Our story begins at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December eighteenth, eighteen ninety-two. People have come to see the first performance of The Nutcracker. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music and Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov created the ballet's dance movements.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Tchaikovsky did not much like the ballet or story of The Nutcracker. He reportedly wrote to a friend that the music he was writing was far worse than the music for his earlier ballet, The Sleeping Beauty. Many of the people watching The Nutcracker that night did not like the ballet either and criticized it. But others praised the ballet for its music.
DOUG JOHNSON: Tchaikovsky was one of the first major composers to use a new musical instrument called a celesta. He discovered the instrument during a visit to Paris. You can hear it in The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It gives a special magic to this dance.
DOUG JOHNSON: In time, The Nutcracker was performed throughout Russia and the rest of Europe. The first performance in the United States was in nineteen forty. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performed a shorter version of it in New York City. The first full-length performance was in nineteen forty-four by the San Francisco Ballet.
The famous Russian-born ballet director George Balanchine created his own version of The Nutcracker for the New York City Ballet. This group has been performing the ballet every year since nineteen fifty-four.
Other dance companies around the United States soon followed this ballet tradition. For many dance companies The Nutcracker is an important part of their financial operation. Some big cities have several different productions of the popular ballet.
FAITH LAPIDUS: than any other ballet, The Nutcracker is about children and the wonder of childhood. For many young Americans, The Nutcracker is the first professional dance performance they will experience. Performances are generally filled with parents and children of all ages. Many of the dancers in the ballet are also children. And, the story is about a child.
The song appears early in the first act of the ballet. It's the third song in the acts, just after the mini-overture that kicks off the show and Scene: The Christmas Tree, played during the lighting and decorating of the Christmas tree.
The March music plays during a lively party scene, which includes dancing, games, and merriment. The cheerful rhythm of the piece helps create a feeling of celebration among the holiday partygoers.
Musika nutcrackerraren zinema eta telebista egokitzapen luzeetan ere agertu da, baita loturarik gabeko produkzioak ere. Adibidez, Nutcracker Suite-ren musika ospetsua agertu zen Disney Animazio klasikoan, Fantasia.
Nutcracker Gabonetako ipuin klasikoa da, E. Alexandre Dumas-ek E.-tik egokitua. . Hoffmanns Nutcracker eta saguaren errege. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-k musika konposatu zuen eta, beraz, munduko gabon ballet handiena bihurtu zuen. 1891an, Moskoko antzoki Imperialen zuzendaria enkargatu zuen. Nutcracker-ek 1892an hasi baino lehen. Tchaikovskys Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, ordea, ez zuen bere azken ospea lortu, konpositoreen heriotza ondoren. istorioa Alemanian hasten da Gabonetan, Godfather Drosselmeyer-ek Gabonetako opariekin iristen denean bere jainkoei, Clara eta Fritz. Clara, ipuinaren heroiak, intxaurrak jasotzen ditu, panpina tradizional batek zorte ona ekarriko zuela uste zuen, Alemaniako kondairaren arabera. Claras anaia da, Fritz jeloskor batek panpina asko apurtzen du Claras disked-ri. Godfather Drosselmeyer Magikoki panpina konpontzen da, eta Clara lotan dago, Gabonetako zuhaitzaren azpian. Honek balletaren gertakari magikoak mugitzen ditu. Tchaikovsky-k berak ez zuen musikaren zati handi bat pentsatu, oinarrizkoa eta biribiltzea dela kontuan hartuta, bere loaren edertasunarekin edo Swan lakuaren aldean. Gainera, ez zuen istorioa inspiratzailea edo gustukoa izan. Piezaren estreinaldia, hain zuzen ere, porrot bat izan zen, kritika askoz ere lortzea. Hala ere, gutxi batzuk aurkitu zituzten musika laudagarria.
Tchaikovsky 1891n hasi zen Nutcracker-en lanean hasi zenean, Ameriketara joan zen Carnegie Halls irekitzera. Itzulitako bidaian, Parisen zehar bidaiatu zuen, non Celesta gainera joan zen. Musika tresnak tonu argiak eta sonoroak izan ziren, besterik gabe, intxaurraren gaineko aproposa. Bere gogoa osatzen, konpositorea Inthated bere Argitaletxea Balleten errendimendua lortzeko tresna eskuratzeko. Tchaikovskys Errusian estreinatu zen intxaurrak estreinaldi bikoitza, bestea konpositoreen azken opera, Iolanta. Gabonak baino astebete inguru izan ziren, 1892. Kokapena San Petersburgoko Marisky antzokia izan zen. Oso onartuta dago Lev Ivanov, bigarren balletmaster eta Marius Petipa, Matre de Ballet lehen Premier St. Petersburgoko antzokietako kideek, ballet hau fruituari ekiteko kolaboratzen. Hoffmanns Jatorrizko istorioan, heroines izena Marie da Clararen ordez, Errusiako Intxaur Handikoan, Masha ere deitzen zaio.
Gauerdiko Chime-k Clara esnatzen du eszena fantastiko batera txikitu egiten du . Saguaren erregeak jostailuen aurrean zuzendutako sagu armada bat ikusten du, orain bizirik, nutcrackerrek zuzenduta. Borrokak saguaren erregea kumeak biltzen ditu. Jostailuak garaitu beharreko heinean, Clara saguaren erregea gelditzen da zapatila bota eta joz. Horri esker, intxaurrak harritutako villain garaitzeko eta garaipena lortzeko aukera ematen du. Saguak erregea kentzen duten heinean, Clara intxaurrak ohean erortzen da, agortu . Hortik aurrera, musika, ohea magikoki lera batean eraldatzen da eta nutcracker printze bihurtzen da.
