The Nutcracker (Balanchine version)

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ballet production stage work

The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) is George Balanchine’s iconic and widely performed staging of Tchaikovsky’s holiday ballet, renowned for its classical choreography, imaginative storytelling, and enduring influence on American ballet tradition.

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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 1
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (1993 film) 1
The Nutcracker 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet production ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
surface form: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
artisticDirectorAtPremiere George Balanchine ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Christmas ⓘ
balletCompanyAssociation School of American Ballet ⓘ
basedOn The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker (ballet)

The Nutcracker (adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
choreographer George Balanchine ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
costumeDesigner Karinska ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Cavalier ⓘ
Clara ⓘ
Drosselmeier ⓘ
Marie ⓘ
Mouse King ⓘ
Nutcracker Prince ⓘ
Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1954-02-02 ⓘ
genre classical ballet ⓘ
holiday ballet ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (1993 film)
includesNumber Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
Grand Pas de Deux ⓘ
Snowflake Waltz ⓘ
Waltz of the Flowers ⓘ
influenced American Nutcracker performance tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marius Petipa ⓘ
language nonverbal ⓘ
music The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ
notableFeature emphasis on classical technique ⓘ
large children’s cast ⓘ
storytelling through choreography ⓘ
use of Tchaikovsky’s complete score with some cuts and reorderings ⓘ
notableFor helping popularize The Nutcracker as a major American holiday tradition ⓘ
performedBy New York City Ballet ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premieredAt New York City Center ⓘ
principalCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
producedBy Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
productionCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
scenicDesigner Horace Armistead ⓘ
setting 19th-century Germany ⓘ
Christmas Eve ⓘ
structure two acts ⓘ
typicalPerformanceSeason December ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → alsoKnownAs → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → basedOn → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker (ballet)
The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → hasFilmAdaptation → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (1993 film)
Mariinsky Theatre → notableProduction → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
George Balanchine → notableWork → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze → notableWork → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
New York City Ballet → notableWork → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker
Bolshoi Theatre → notableWorkPerformed → The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
this entity surface form: ballet "The Nutcracker"