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The Nutcracker |
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| Principal characters: Clara: the young heroine The Nutcracker Prince: In the Kingdom of the Sweets. He is clara's consort. Herr Drosselmever: Clara's eccentric Godfather The Sugar Plum Fairy: Ruler of the Land of the Sweets. more detailed synopsis... |
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Sleeping Beauty |
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| Principal Characters: Aurora: the sleeping beauty The lilac fairy: represents good Carabosse: the wicked fairy Prince Florimund: the prince who rescues Aurora .. more detailed synopsis... |
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Swan Lake
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| Classic tale of a fairy godmother, a glass slipper and a handsome prince. Choreography by Frederick Ashton with score by Sergei Prokofiev. First premiered in 1948 and was the first Engligh ballet to use Prokofiev's score. Slight variations to the traditional tale, the stepmother doesn't appear, the Fairy Godmother brings the Fairies of the Four Seasons to dance for Cinderella before she sets off for the ball. | |||
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| Giselle Written by T. Gautier and St. Georges and premiered in 1841, this romantic ballet has two acts. The love of dance unites Giselle and Albrecht, but the peasant girl is driven to kill herself when she discovers that her lover ‘Loys’ – in reality Count Albrecht – has deceived her. |
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| Principle Characters: Giselle: the heroine Albrecht/Loys: The Count who disguises himself Hilarion: A local gameskeeper who is in love with Giselle Bathilde: The princess engaged to Albrecht The "Wilis": The spirits of young women who died before their weddings and who loved to dance. They only appear between midnight and dawn. Myrta: Queen of the Wilis Berthe: Giselles mother who has a vision that her daughter will die before she is married. .. more detailed synopsis... |
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| Coppelia One of ballets' greatest comedys. A full length classical ballet, with three acts. Based on the tale by E.T.A. Hoffman and was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa, premiering in 1870. .. |
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| Dr. Coppelius, dreams of breathing
life into his menagerie of mechanical dolls, but the precocious young
Swanilda tricks him into believing his dream has come true by changing
places with the most beautiful doll of all - Coppelia
On the surface this is a story of romance, wonder and joy. Underneath, it is a tale of manipulation, black magic and loneliness. |
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| Principal Characters: Swanilda: young and precocious Franz: Swanilda's suitor Dr. Coppelius: An old inventor Copellia: Dr. Coppelius' invented "daughter" .. more detailed synopsis... |
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| Don
Quixote Ballet in four acts and premiered in 1869. Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by L. Minkus It's a tale of heroism, romance, and illusion. |
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| Principle Characters: Don Quixote Sancho Panza: Quixote's squire Kitri: the beautiful maiden ,.. more detailed synopsis... |
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| Romeo
& Juliet
Ballet in three acts, based on the play by Shakespeare with music
by Prokofiev. This is a tragic love story of two doomed lovers.
With the historical feud between the Capulets and the Montagues,
Romeo and Juliet find themselves caught in the crossfire of social
order, power, politics and family relationships. |
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