The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia in the year 1840. Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, his father, had served as a lieutenant colonel and engineer in the Department of Mines and managed the Kamsko-Votkinsk Ironworks. Tchaikovsky's mother, Alexandra Andreyevna née d'Assier, was 18 years younger than Ilya and the second of his three wives. Both Ilya and Alexandra were trained in the arts, including music, which was a necessity; living in a remote area of Russia posed a need for…

Week 3 compost Karl Singletary I am proud to call Karl Singletary uncle (Bird) this is a nick name my grandfather gave him because as a little boy he wanted to fly. My grandparents didn't approve of Karl dancing, so he left home at a very young age, he danced ballet in Europe and across the USA as a young man after training for decades under the world’s greatest Russian classicists. According to PAUL A. BARRA Karl Singletary was the first African American to receive a scholarship…

dance, eventually she began to study under California ballet instructor Cindy Bradley. Misty joined the studio company of American Ballet Theatre in 2000, becoming a soloist several years later an starring in an array of productions such as The Nutcracker and Firebird. An icon whose star shines beyond the world of classical dance, in late June 2015 Misty became the first African American women performer to be appointed as an ABC principal dancer in the company’s decades of long history. I chose…

Their repertoire of sounds range from uttering a liquid, rambling medley of soft caws, coos, clicks and rattles and rusty gate sounds. They may not be classified as songbirds, but they are every bit as interesting. Sleek black in color with inquisitive eyes, a loping gait and an intelligence level that far outreaches that of their lighter colored winged bretheren, the crow is a bird well worthy of our respect and admiration. Nearly every bird watching guide describes the American Crow as one of…

For this assignment, I have chosen two Australian ballet companies: the Victorian State Ballet (VSB) and the Queensland ballet (QB). I will discuss their specialization, history, location, purpose and next productions. After that, I am going to evaluate their websites. The main reason why I have chosen these two companies is that they are two vibrant ballet groups from the New South Wales’s adjacent states (Victoria and Queensland) and I wanted to learn more information concerning them. Both…

David Kingi U.S History Mr. White Louis and Clark Expedition Journal Project During our expedition through the new land we found new plants, animals, and ancient artifacts. During my time there we saw new species, and history. It was so exiting when we were exploring the new territory. Here is some of the exiting things we discovered. New Plants: Bitterroot: A small plan found in grassland, bears a single pink flower. The flower was eaten by tribes like the Shoshone and the flathead…

During the holidays New York City is one of the most breathtaking places to visit. There is something for everyone to see and experience. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve the city is charged with the bustle and excitement of the holiday season. The festivities extend from Rockefeller center to Manhattan to New Jersey. Which means a lot of traffic, dreary taxi rides, crowded subway cars, or a sea of tourists and locals walking briskly to reach their destination. Must – See Events The Macy’s…

South Jersey, that had many features that the girls enjoyed such as the giant piano in the living room and the inground pool in the backyard. Once settled in, Michaela and Mia signed up for ballet lessons. Watching and dancing along to a tape of the Nutcracker was one of their favorite things to do, so there was no hesitation when their mom signed them up. At first Mia loved it, but Michaela was not pleases with the level of difficulty that was being tought. A couple classes at different…

of the structure of the music- gestural renderings of dynamics and tempo. It was what we saw working with children- painting fast when the music goes fast, moving lines and shapes up and down with the pitch of the music. This was followed by Nutcracker Suite, including "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Chinese Dance", "Dance of the Flutes", "Arabian Dance", "Russian Dance" and "Waltz of the Flowers" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, legend of late-Romantic period. Selections from the ballet…

ballets in the 1800’s that are still being performed and are known all over the world today. His ballets have inspired many plays and movies reenacting them. The three ballets by Tchaikovsky that I am going to cover in this paper are Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. Swan Lake is the first ballet I would like to talk about: Swan lake was first performed in 1875 and was Tchaikovsky’s first ballet. He received a commission by Vladimir Begichev, the intendant of Moscow’s…