Odd Quartet
A Brief History Of The Nutcracker: Tchaikovsky, Dumas, And Hoffmann
The Nutcracker. A story that spawned a thousand childrens books and countless adaptations for the stage, and then eventually made it to the silver screen. But, the origins of the Nutcracker isn’t the history of one nutcracker story. In...
Curated Video
Christmas becomes multi-million dollar business in UAE
The Christmas period has become big business in the UAE. Despite being a Muslim country, millions of US dollars are being spent on festive celebrations. Children run across a thick blanket of snow. Christmas trees, snowmen and snowball...
Curated Video
Ballet to cure the Mexico City traffic blues
BALLET TO CURE THE MEXICO CITY TRAFFIC BLUES Mexican commuters were treated to a special performance Saturday (28 JULY 2018) as they waited for street lights to change so they could go on their way. When the light changed, music started...
Curated Video
Ballet to cure the Mexico City traffic blues
Mexican commuters were treated to a special performance on Saturday as they waited for street lights to change so they could go on their way. When the light changed, music started and several ballerinas leaped into the street, twirling...
Royal Opera House
The icing on the cake: The secrets of dancing The Nutcracker's Sugar Plum Fairy (The Royal Ballet)
Former Royal Ballet Principal Lesley Collier and current Principals Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae tell Darcey Bussell about the challenges of The Nutcracker's most iconic role. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/nutcracker Peter...
Royal Opera House
The Nutcracker – Hans-Peter's mime (Alexander Campbell, The Royal Ballet)
Alexander Campbell as Hans-Peter/the Nutcracker dances his mime sequence from Act II of Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker, recorded live in December 2013. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/nutcracker Pyotr Il’yich...
Royal Opera House
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Lauren Cuthbertson performs the famous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, set to Tchaikovsky's iconic score. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/nutcracker Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of...
Royal Opera House
The Art of the pas de deux (Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Nicol Edmonds – The Royal Ballet)
Pas de deux (dances for two) lie at the heart of many ballets. They can be great technical showpieces, but they can also be dramatically emotional – and, of course, are often both at the same time. First Soloist Beatriz Stix-Brunell and...
Free School
Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - FreeSchool Radio
'The Nutcracker,' written in 1892 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a ballet adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman's story 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." It was not very popular when it was first published, but it has come to...
Free School
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Tchaikovsky - FreeSchool Radio
'The Nutcracker,' written in 1892 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a ballet adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman's story 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." It was not very popular when it was first published, but it has come to...
The Atlantic
Break-Dancing to Tchaikovsky in the Hip Hop Nutcracker
Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was first performed in 1892; since then, the show has become a holiday tradition. In The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s soundtrack remains, but there’s no ballet. It’s a contemporary spin on a classic,...