The Nutcracker - UNDER30 Preview
The Nutcracker - UNDER30 Preview
2 hours and 10 minutes circa intermission included | |
Ballet in two acts Teatro alla Scala Production Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company and Orchestra Treble Voices Chorus and students of the Teatro alla Scala Academy Ballet School |
Choreography and Staging | RUDOLF NUREYEV |
Music | PËTR IL’IČ ČAJKOVSKIJ |
Sets and costumes | NICHOLAS GEŌRGIADĪS |
Lights | ANDREA GIRETTI |
Conductor | VALERY OVSYANIKOV |
In brief
The new Season opens with the reprise of a much loved Christmas classic that has enchanted La Scala since 1969: The Nutcracker, with Rudolf Nureyev’s choreography and the historic staging of Nicholas Georgiadis. From the children’s dances to the family’s Christmas celebrations, from the battle of the mice and toy soldiers to the brilliance of the snowflakes, the music and dance combine beautifully in the choreographic designs of the famous waltzes and pas de deux, rich of technique, rigour, lines and balance, which reveal the dramaturgical approach that Nureyev wanted to give at this ballet: between shadows and light, the journey of an adolescent girl, Clara’s dream.