Comparing with the theater in my hometown, last time I watched
Maybe most people went to watch ballet, not because of they can totally understand those special terms and how difficulty they can perform it, just because of the pursuit of beauty, elegance and fancy stage .
“The Nutcracker” is a novel written by E.T.A. Hoffmann, original named of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. And then adapted into ballet and music by the famous romantic era composer
Tchaikovsky) , which is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes and also is one of the most popular ballet, especially during Christmas time.
In Act 2, the featured solo instrument in the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, really special. After coming back and further studying, I finally know it is celesta. It seemed I did not notice it before while listening to this symphony. It might lie in that only when you feeling things in different way, you might find new things, just as the daily venture - “Nothing is what it seems” which makes me more desired to watch the musical “The Phantom of the Opera”, by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Overall, just as the most famous part, the Spanish dancers (sometimes Chocolate), the Chinese dancers (sometimes Tea), the Arabian dancers (sometimes Coffee), the Russian dancers (sometimes Candy Canes--their dance is called the Trepak), Mother Ginger and her Polichinelles (sometimes Bonbons, Taffy Clowns, or Court Buffoons in Baryshnikov's production), the Reed Flutes (sometimes Marzipan shepherds or Mirlitons), the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Waltz of the Flowers are the greatest part. Especially the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the flowers. And the kids in the Mother Gingers and her polichinelles gave me great impression.
Living in an apartment, really can't feel anything about Christmas. Hope this ballet would bring me into my first Christmas here.
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