Deer Meets Cat [Source: Viral/Facebook]
I'm sure I'll have more dance news to post before the year's over but I just want to wish All World Dance readers Happy Holidays!
Archive For December, 2011
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! Tours UK & Ireland
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! on DVD [Source: Amazon]
"Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!" is currently holding court at Sadler's Wells in London through January 22nd with a whole series of dates to follow in the UK and Ireland deep into 2012.
The "irreverent" production premiered in 1992, on the hundredth anniversary of the first performance of "The Nutcracker", and is now in the midst of its own 20th Anniversary tour!
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! Promo Montage [Source: New Adventures]
Bourne's Nutcracker opens with a Christmas party staged in a "bittersweet" location in order to make later sweets that much more desirable. As Matthew Bourne describes it:
"We came up [with] the notion of an awful Dickensian orphanage, enjoying the annual Christmas Eve visit of the Institute’s Governors. Dr Dross and his wife, who run the orphanage, contrive to create a pleasant Christmas atmosphere for the benefit of the visitors, only to snatch the Governors gifts back from the children as soon as they leave and before Christmas day has even begun."
"Clara is, of course, one of the Orphans and the Nutcracker boy is a fellow orphan on whom she has a young girls crush. Fritz and Sugar are the Dross’ awful spoilt children who terrorise the other children. So the basis for the whole story developed out of this grim and fearful place. I should say, though, that as well as having this bittersweet quality it is also very funny, and when the Orphans eventually revolt and escape from the clutches of Dr Dross you want to cheer them on."
Official Site: Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!
Available at Amazon: Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! on DVD
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The Nutcracker – All Posts at All World Dance
The Hard Nut: A Mark Morris Nutcracker
English National Ballet Presents Wayne Eagling’s The Nutcracker at The London Coliseum
Highlights from Wayne Eagling's The Nutcracker
[Source: English National Ballet]
English National Ballet is in the midst of a run of Wayne Eagling's "The Nutcracker" at the London Coliseum through December 30.
The production features choreography by Wayne Eagling to Tchaikovsky's classic score. It's based on a "concept by Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling" with scenic design by Peter Farmer and lighting by David Richardson.
From Wayne Eagling's The Nutcracker [Photo: Annabel Moeller]
English National Ballet has already made quite a few appearances at All World Dance:
English National Ballet's Summer Party to Include Designer Tutu Auction
(Plus Shoes & Tiaras!)
English National Ballet Restages Strictly Gershwin
English National Ballet Dancers Help Sufferers of Parkinson's Disease
Official Site: English National Ballet – The Nutcracker
Related All World Dance Coverage:
The Nutcracker – All Posts at All World Dance
Dutch National Ballet Presents The Nutcracker & the Mouse King in Cinemas
The Nutcracker & the Mouse King in Cinemas [Source: Het Nationale Ballet]
Het Nationale Ballet aka the Dutch National Ballet is presenting The Nutcracker & the Mouse King in theaters worldwide on December 30.
The film will be shown in Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Spain, United Kingdom and Switzerland.
You can find out more on The Nutcracker & the Mouse King in theaters at Het Nationale Ballet’s site. If you don’t speak Dutch but do speak English, here’s a translated version.
Via TenduTV.
Related All World Dance Coverage:
The Nutcracker – All Posts at All World Dance
TenduTV Presents Nutcracker Trailers 2011
TenduTV Brings Dutch National Ballet’s Don Quichot (Don Quixote) to iTunes
TenduTV Presents Nutcracker Trailers 2011
Nutcracker Trailers 2011 [Source:TenduTV]
Tendu TV has created a YouTube playlist of trailers for The Nutcracker. It's composed of mostly U.S. companies, though I'm guessing they'll be adding additional trailers as they come in, but also includes the film by the Dutch National Ballet.
You can watch the whole series above or pick and choose at YouTube.
Official Site: YouTube: TenduTV
Related All World Dance Coverage:
The Nutcracker – All Posts at All World Dance
TenduTV Brings Dutch National Ballet's Don Quichot (Don Quixote) to iTunes
