The Nutcracker

On May 21, I visited the Boston Opera House to see the Boston Ballet perform “Swan Lake,” with my mom and my sister. The music was by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, conducted by Jonathan McPhee, and played by the Boston Ballet Orchestra. It’s no surprise that after more than 100 years, “Swan Lake” is still considered one of the most beloved of all classical ballets. It was set to a dramatic, tunefully memorable score by Tchaikovsky and was based on a fanciful folktale full of love, magic, betrayal, and

The performance which I went to see was The Nutcracker. It took place at the Michigan Opera Theater at the Detroit Opera House. I went to saw it on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, 2:30pm. This theater since you began to enter there were a lot of person with semi-formal clothe. Something that surprise me is that before you enter to the theater they were having two beautiful reindeers and you can take picture with it. Inside the theater, the lobby area, well that was huge with beautiful decorations about the

Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov was born in January 28 , 1948 in Riga , Latvia. Baryshnikov is known as one of the greatest dancers of our time and amazing as any gazelle or swan, Mikhail Baryshnikov is a household name even to non balletomanes. After having career with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he came to the West New York City in 1974, settling as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre . In 1979 he joined New York City Ballet and he was appointed artistic director of ABT where he

Giselle “Giselle ou Les Wilis premiered at the Paris Opera on 28 June, 1841 with Carlotta Grisi as Giselle, Lucien Petipa (brother of Marius) as Albrecht and Adèle Dumilâtre as Myrtha. The ballet was immediately declared not only a worthy successor to La Sylphide but also “the greatest ballet of its time”, a triumphant reception. Giselle remained in the Paris Opera repertoire until 1849. When it became outmoded the ballet was completely dropped (after 1868); it would only be seen again in Paris

How The Nutcracker Inspired Me To Realize My Dreams I started performing in the ballet, The Nutcracker when I was very young. Each year my parents took me to the same audition where I painfully waited two weeks to find out what role I had received. I had large parts and I had small parts, but my sweet Nutcracker memories always remained the same. As a devoted ballet student, I began to ponder what I wanted to do with my life. For a while I wanted to be a doctor, then a teacher, and one day I thought

NUTCRACKER 1ST TIME On my way to Nutcracker to do my part of a castle page. I was so excited but so nervous about Nutcracker. Singing the music in my head. My parents were reassuring me. They were telling me you will do great. When I got there I had to sign in. Then I saw my fellow pages whose names were Little Lauren,Crazy Cassidy,Makeup Me,Kalm Kaitlyn,Kool Kathryn, and Marvelous Mackenzie. We went to warm-up. Which was so boring. But when we went up-stairs it was all fun. We had to wait in

What is the Nutcracker? How long does it take to learn and teach the Nutcracker? Why is it called the Nutcracker? How does it impact people's lives? Does it have an impact? Who invented it? How does it changes things we do today? What advantages do we have today with it? These are all questions we have about different things, but I’m here to talk about what I love and how it impacts my life, dance. Dance is what makes me happy. Do you have something that makes you happy? You know the feeling of what

officially begun. With Red Cross employees in the background with Christmas music ringing bells in hopes of people donating money to aid others in need. As well as going to see the most iconic play of the holiday season and on Broadway being the Nutcracker. The play consists of cheery Christmas music and female singers dancing with unique and abstract props in the background

I discovered my passion for theatre while directing, producing, and starring in an at-home production of The Nutcracker when I was six years old. I discovered my passion for arts administration and political advocacy when I became a student at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film when I was eighteen years old. Most recently, I discovered my passion for applied children’s theatre just one month ago while attending the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Theatre became an important

mom was, “I want to do ballet!” My suspicion is I wanted to be like Barbie in the Nutcracker. Who knows? I was two, maybe even one and a half! At the age of three I was finally allowed to start ballet, once a week at three in the afternoon. My little kid dream was granted to me, I was ecstatic! Fast forward from August 2004 to November 2004 and I’m already preparing to dance in my first performance, The Nutcracker. My role was one of the petite snowflakes. The costume was a snowy white fluffy tutu