![]() ![]() It was the work of the director of the Imperial Theatres in St. This ballet was staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. ![]() ![]() The origin of The Nutcracker has its roots in the great success of The Sleeping Beauty ballet. The ballet was based on this translation. Origin Title page of the Alexandre Dumas translation of the story with Clara, Fritz and Drosselmeyer on the page. This work was a great success on the concert stage, and is still played today. Before the first performance, Tchaikovsky took some numbers from the ballet to form the Nutcracker Suite. The ballet has been performed in many different places since then. Interest grew when George Balanchine's The Nutcracker was televised in the late 1950s. In 1940, Walt Disney used some of the Nutcracker music in his animated movie Fantasia, which led to an interest in the ballet. Petersburg, Russia, on 18 December 1892 to a modest success and rarely seen the next years. The Nutcracker was first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov designed the dances. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music. ![]() Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa adapted Hoffmann's story for the ballet. It tells the story of a little girl who goes to the Land of Sweets on Christmas Eve. Hoffmann's 1816 fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The Nutcracker is a classical ballet in two acts. Hoffmann's " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"Īct 1: Christmas Eve in 19th century Germany Here she is with a Buzz Lightyear statue at Toy Story Land in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and with Mickey Mouse and some of the Disney Parks toy soldiers at Magic Kingdom.E.T.A. The Disney Stores have some merchandise and it may show up in the parks as the holidays near.īut star Mackenzie Foy recently visited Walt Disney World for the first time. In the ParksĪlthough it’s a Disney film, there’s not much representation in the parks beyond a limited-time preview of the film at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. There are no end credit scenes, but there are some cool visuals at the beginning of the credits. Disney’s “Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is rated PG and is an hour and 40 minutes long.It’s a cute, family friendly film (except for the clowns) that you’ll enjoy, but won’t love, and will most likely forget. Yes, I would recommend seeing the movie, but don’t go in expecting much. I didn’t see the movie in 3D, but I would suggest it. The contraptions, life-size tin soldiers and even some crazy (and scary-looking) clowns are cool to see in action. A few things in the real world and many things in the realms are in a steampunk style. The real stars of the movie are the visuals. The music is great too, with many recognizable songs from the Nutcracker ballet of course. Most of the acting is great, especially from Keira Knightley as Sugar Plum, Helen Mirren as Mother Ginger and Mackenzie Foy as Clara. It really could have been about two realms or none at all. I won’t say much more to avoid spoilers, but I will say I was disappointed that we really only see one of the four realms in detail, and it’s one that is run down and neglected. She chases after the cute rodent, which leads her to one of the magical realms. His gift to her is the key to her egg, but before she can grab it, a mouse steals it away. So while everyone is enjoying the party at their eccentric godfather’s (Morgan Freeman) house, she sneaks away to meet him in his workshop. But Clara is puzzled by her gift, a locked golden egg. The mother left each child a Christmas gift before she passed away. The dad tries to keep up appearances and do what’s expected of them, such as attending a Christmas party, but his one daughter, Clara, who is the star of the movie, doesn’t feel like socializing. We see how the father, son and two daughters are dealing with their loss on Christmas Eve. The movie starts, as many Disney movies do, with the death of the mother of the family. This is a different version of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”, than you’ve seen before, although it features some of the characters you know, but in some different roles. Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is a cute, fun family holiday film, but it left me thinking, “That’s it?” Mackenzie Foy is Clara and Keira Knightley is the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s “The Nutcracker and The Four Realms”. ![]()
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