Nutcracker BALLET IN 2 ACTS

Cast Marie : Nina KAPTSOVA / Principal Nutcracker : Artem OVCHARENKO / Leading soloist Drosselmeyer : Denis SAVIN / First soloist The Mouse King : Pavel DMITRICHENKO / First

Ballet Information Based on the fairy-tale of the same name by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, with ideas from the scenario by .

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Libretto and choreography : Yuri GRIGOROVICH Musical direction : Pavel KLINICHEV Sets and costumes : Simon VIRSALADZE

With the Orchestra of The State Academic of Russia With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

Choreographer Yuri GRIGOROVICH: After being accepted into the Leningrad Ballet School in 1946, Yuri Grigorovich went on to become a soloist at the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg where he stayed until 1962. He joined the Bolshoi Theatre in 1964 and was Artistic Director until 1995. His most famous works are Nutcracker, Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible.

History Nutcracker first opened in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg. It is Tchaikovsky’s last ballet. Composed within one year, its music is certainly one of today's most popular ballet music. For the ballet, Tchaikovsky joined again forces with Marius Petipa, with whom he had collaborated for Sleeping Beauty. Today’s choreographic version, created for the Bolshoi by Yuri Grigorovich is full of romanticism and philosophical reflections on ideal love. It has become one of the greatest classics of the twentieth century and is, with Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible.

Synopsis It is Christmas Eve at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum and their children Marie and Fritz. Family and friends have gathered in preparation for the night's festivities. Presents are given out to the children. Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, offers her a strange toy: a wooden nutcracker carved in the shape of a little man, used for cracking nuts. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, all the toys come magically to life. grows to life-size and take the lead of the tin soldiers, flying to rescue Marie who is threatened by the Mouse King and its mice army.

胡桃夾子 兩幕芭蕾舞表演

編舞家 Yuri GRIGORVICH (蘇聯, 1927 - ) 1946 年畢業於基洛 夫芭蕾舞學校，及後加入基洛夫芭蕾舞團 (現在的聖 彼得堡芭蕾舞團)擔任獨舞員至 1962 年。1964 年加 入 Bolshoi Theatre 出任藝術總監， 一直擔任該職至 1995 年。 2008 年，他於妻子( 著 名 芭 蕾 舞 蹈 員 Natalia BESSMERTNOVA)離世後，獲邀回到 Bolshoi Theatre 出 任芭蕾舞大師及編舞家。 GRIGORVICH 最著名的作品包括《胡桃夾子》，《斯巴 達克》 (Spartacus) 及《恐怖的 伊 凡 》 (Ivan the Terrible)。

歷史 《胡桃夾子》最初於聖彼德堡馬林斯基劇院公演，為 柴可夫斯基最後的作品。時至今日《胡桃夾子》 仍被視為最受歡迎的芭蕾舞音樂之一。《胡桃夾 子》為柴可夫斯基與 Marius Petipa 繼《睡公主》 之後再度携手的作品。 Yuri GRIGORVICH 為 Bolshoi 重新編排的版本充 滿浪漫主義色彩以及對完美愛情的追求。重新編 排的《胡桃夾子》不單被譽為二十世紀最傑出的 經典作品之一。亦同時與《斯巴達克》(Spartacus) 及《恐怖的伊凡》(Ivan the Terrible)齊名，成為 GRIGORVICH 最著名的作品之一。

故事簡介 平安夜，Stahlbaum 夫婦二人在家中與子女及朋友舉行慶祝晚會。教父為小女孩 Marie 送上一份特 別的聖誕禮物－軍官造型的胡桃夾子。 夜半，所有玩具有如被施了魔法一樣，都變成有生命的，胡桃夾子更變成英俊的王子。他帶領著一 群小錫兵趕往營救 Marie...