The Nutcracker

I attended The Nutcracker Christmas Carol at the campus’ Humanities Theatre. I was not sure what to expect from this play since I did even know the nutcrackers storyline. I was worried that I would not be able to write a concert report on this musical since I had never been to a live musical play, but it turned out very successful. They performed a musical skit for each storyline of this play. The live musical play was intertwined as the story was acted out. Some of them were solo performances…

symbolizes the eider birds. Eider birds are known for their light and soft textured feathers. So it could be understood that Emily might be referring to the subject's inability to be light and fleet-footed. One of the props from the production of Nutcrackers is also in tow, "rolled on the wheels of snow". In context, it’s supposed to take her off the stage with style. Based on…

I. The Nutcracker ballet is one of the most famous ballets in history. For many, it is a yearly tradition to watch or perform this well-known performance. This story starts on Christmas Eve with two siblings, Clara and Fritz, being led to see their presents. Clara instantly falls in love with a nutcracker soldier. After deciding to play with the doll, Fritz accidently breaks its bottom teeth. Clara becomes mad and cares for the nutcracker in the playroom. The clock strikes twelve and she…

The ad being presented is a Mars Inc. ad advertising a new Snickers bar that has 25% more peanut butter. The color scheme of the ad is vibrant and catches the reader attention immediately. The layout of the ad shows a factory and its workers, the nutcrackers, arriving to work disappointed. The font size for the ad is adequately big to grab the reader’s attention by letting he/or she know that their Snickers bars now comes with 25% more peanut butter. Although I believe the target audience for…

romantic melodies, he also composed some of the most highly-praised music for ballets. Tchaikovsky's is a prominent and an innovative composer in which can be demonstrated in his three most famous ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. Born on May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk Russia, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky became a musician and appreciated music at an early age. At age five, he started to take piano lessons and became fond of Frédéric Chopin’s and Friedrich Kalkbrenner's…

Every year, my choir goes to the Joffrey Ballet and sings the Snow Scene for The Nutcracker. After intermission, we watch the second act. Christopher Wheeldon was the choreographer for the new Nutcracker and, by watching the second half, I analyzed and interpreted the mystery of Clara and her relationship with the other dancers as well as the overall storyline through Wheeldon’s direction and…

Dancing in the Spotlight Standing in the spotlight is a very frightening, gut-wrenching accomplishment. Dancing alone in the spotlight can be even more so. I experienced dancing in the spotlight two years ago, when I played the part of Clara in the Nutcracker. Of course, it all started with dance, or rather, without dance. My mom was driving me to the studio, but I was not feeling well, so she strode inside to inform my teacher I was unable to dance that day. When she walked back out, Mother…

It’s difficult to exist at this time and not be persuaded and influenced by the imagery we see in today’s society. People are afraid of what could happen. Afraid of what could happen to their future and what they will or how they will become this person who tries. Someone who could try one thing, and immediately become infatuated. Misty Copeland is one of those originals. She remembers the day of her first ballet class. She was 13 and sitting in the bleachers overlooking the basketball court.…

When you think of a comic, you contemplate that you are learning anything, only realizing that in order for the comic to work it needs a starting point, a joke, some sort of plot, and a punchline. At least for most comics that have multiple strips. However, looking at comics from a sociologist point of view, you can see where paradigms and sociology terms apply. For the comic that I chose and will illiterate on in the text, I discovered the conflict theory paradigm along with several other terms…

They would be in the Nutcracker every December. The most memorable one was the last one ever. Carly was Clara, the lead role. She had several dances, plus acting, her last one was on Pointe. Timothy was the mouse king, who accidently fell in the orchestra pit while fighting…