Act II of The Nutcracker

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Act II of The Nutcracker is the fantastical second act of Tchaikovsky’s ballet in which Clara and the Nutcracker Prince journey to the Land of Sweets and are entertained by a series of character dances.

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instanceOf ballet act
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Sweets NERFINISHED
basedOn The Nutcracker and the Mouse King NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann NERFINISHED
choreographyAtPremiere Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED
Marius Petipa NERFINISHED
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED
containsNumber Arabian Dance (Coffee)
Chinese Dance (Tea) NERFINISHED
Dance of the Mirlitons NERFINISHED
Finale
Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles NERFINISHED
Pas de deux of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier NERFINISHED
Russian Dance (Trepak) NERFINISHED
Spanish Dance (Chocolate) NERFINISHED
Variation of the Sugar Plum Fairy NERFINISHED
Waltz of the Flowers NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Arabian dancers
Cavalier NERFINISHED
Chinese dancers
Clara NERFINISHED
Dewdrop NERFINISHED
Mirlitons NERFINISHED
Mother Ginger NERFINISHED
Nutcracker Prince NERFINISHED
Polichinelles NERFINISHED
Russian dancers
Spanish dancers
Sugar Plum Fairy NERFINISHED
featuresEnsemble Waltz of the Flowers NERFINISHED
featuresSetting Land of Sweets NERFINISHED
follows Act I of The Nutcracker NERFINISHED
genre classical ballet
language none (wordless ballet act)
musicCatalogueNumber Op. 71
narrativeFunction celebratory entertainment in the Land of Sweets
notablePiece Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy NERFINISHED
Waltz of the Flowers NERFINISHED
orchestration full symphony orchestra
partOf The Nutcracker NERFINISHED
precedes curtain calls of The Nutcracker
premiereCity Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1892-12-18
premierePlace Mariinsky Theatre NERFINISHED
structure series of divertissements
typicalPerformanceContext full-length productions of The Nutcracker

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Drosselmeier appearsInAct Act II of The Nutcracker
Sugar Plum Fairy partOf Act II of The Nutcracker
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker, Act II
Waltz of the Flowers sectionOf Act II of The Nutcracker
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy workFrom Act II of The Nutcracker
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker Act II