The Nutcracker

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The Nutcracker

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No Christmas without it: The Nutcracker is back – ready to make Advent magical for young and old alike! It is winter in Christiania in 1905. Clara is caught between childhood and adulthood, and feels out of place at the big Christmas party. The mysterious toymaker Drosselmeyer gives her a wooden nutcracker doll – and when Clara falls asleep, the doll turns into a real prince! But it is not only the doll that is transformed: the guests become rats and mice, and all the Christmas presents come to life and invite one another to dance – led by Drosselmeyer. In an overgrown, slightly spooky universe, the prince and Clara must fight the animals, with the Rat King himself at their head. The ultimate Christmas ballet Every Christmas, The Nutcracker is danced by ballet companies around the world. The story is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's fairy tale «The Nutcracker and the Mouse King». The version danced by the National Ballet is choreographed by Kaloyan Boyadjiev, and has found its way to the ballet companies in Bordeaux and Leipzig. In our production the story is set in the Norwegian capital more than a hundred years ago, where Clara's diplomat family receives guests from many countries. The dancers of the National Ballet share the stage with pupils from the National Ballet School, who between them take on a multitude of roles – from the Prince, Little and Big Clara and rats to waffles with sour cream. And when the curtain rises to Tchaikovsky's music, performed by the Opera Orchestra, there are some in the auditorium who are watching ballet for the very first time ... Artistic team and performers Concept Kaloyan Boyadjiev, Jon Bausor Direction and choreography Kaloyan Boyadjiev Music Pjotr Tsjajkovskij Set design Jon Bausor Costume design Jon Bausor, Bregje van Balen Lighting design James Farncombe Musical direction Julie Røssland, Kevin Rhodes Nasjonalballetten, Operaorkestret, Nasjonalballettskolen, Barnekoret