Act II
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Act II is the concluding section of Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, set in the Land of Sweets and featuring many of its most famous character dances and musical numbers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act II (The Nutcracker) | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ballet act ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kingdom of Sweets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | E. T. A. Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme | celebration in the Land of Sweets ⓘ |
| composer | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNumber |
Arabian Dance (Coffee)
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Chinese Dance (Tea) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dance of the Mirlitons NERFINISHED ⓘ Divertissement ⓘ Entrance of Clara and the Prince to the Land of Sweets NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Waltz and Apotheosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Pas de deux (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
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Cavalier (Prince Coqueluche) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese dancers ⓘ Clara NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewdrop NERFINISHED ⓘ Flowers NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirlitons (reed flutes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mother Ginger NERFINISHED ⓘ Polichinelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian dancers ⓘ Spanish dancers ⓘ Sugar Plum Fairy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nutcracker Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDanceType |
divertissement
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waltz ⓘ |
| featuresForm | grand pas de deux ⓘ |
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no sung text) ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | conclusion of the ballet ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation | celesta ⓘ |
| notablePiece | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer |
Lev Ivanov
NERFINISHED
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Marius Petipa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Nutcracker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | second act ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1892-12-18 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Land of Sweets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of character dances and ensemble numbers ⓘ |
| workBy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.