"Nutcracker" nation
"Nutcracker" nation: how an Old World ballet became a Christmas tradition in the New World Jennifer Fisher
Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] ; Yale University Press, c2003.
ISBN: 0300097468
DDC: 792.84
LCC: GV1790
Edition: (alk. paper)
Summary:
"The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and
adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and
Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative
book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker
phenomenon by examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former
participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of
those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet." "Fisher
traces The Nutcracker's history from its St. Petersburg premiere in
1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth
century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after
it was choreographed by another Russian immigration to the New World,
George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate:
Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in
the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. Americans
understood and developed the ballet's themes - the pain and promise
of childhood, the excitement of Christmas, the independence of its
heroines Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the adventure of
journeying to unknown lands and finding that "there's no place like
home.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-219) and index.
1.The Early Years --2.Making Friends at Christmastime --3.Fitting In
--4.Experiences and Relationships --5.The Meaning of Life.
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