Ballet in 2 acts with 1 interval. Total running time: 125 minutes
based on a fantastic tale of the same name by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and with ideas of Marius Petipa’s script
Music : Pyotr Illyitch TCHAIKOVSKY
Libretto and new choreographic version : Yuri GRIGOROVICH
Musical direction: Pavel KLINICHEV
Sets : Simon VIRSALADZE
With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
Yuri GRIGOROVICH: After being accepted into the Leningrad Ballet School in 1946, Yuri Grigorovich went on to become a soloist at the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg where he stayed until 1962. He joined the Bolshoi Theatre in 1964 and was Artistic Director until 1995. His most famous works are Nutcracker, Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible.
Created and presented for the first time in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Nutcracker is Tchaikovsky’s last ballet. Composed within one year, the music is certainly one of today's most popular ballet music and Nutcracker, one of Tchaikovsky's most popular piece of work. Created for the Bolshoi, Yuri Grigorovich’s choreographic version is full of romanticism and philosophical reflections on ideal love. This version became one of the great classics of the twentieth century.
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, Marie watches a miracle: the Christmas tree begins to grow, the toys come to life and all the lead soldiers are under Nutcracker’s command. The Mouse King and its army of mice declare war. Nutcracker flies to Marie’s rescue as she is threatened by the mice army…
Distributor:
Forum Cinemas AS - ESTONIA
Director:
Juri Grigorovitš
