New York Theatre Ballet: Once Upon A Ballet
“The magic stays with us well beyond the hour.”
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Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker
Choreography by Keith Michael
Music by Peter Tchaikovsky
Costume Design by Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan
Scenery Design and Painting by Gillian Bradshaw-Smith
Lighting Design by Kelly Martin
Properties Design and Construction by Herbert Kuhn
Scenery Construction by Tim Zay
The clock is ticking. It is Christmas Eve 1907 in a grand house on a grand street in a grand city. We are looking in on The Stahlbaum’s elaborate Art Nouveau mantelpiece – a clock, a ceramic Christmas tree, a framed photograph. Godmother Drosselmeyer’s Nephew Nathaniel, an enchanted young man, is tidying up before the evening festivities. He fantasizes, “When will I return as Crown Prince to my beloved magical land? Maybe tonight!”
The clock has stopped and must be wound. Drosselmeyer, the Clockmaker, is discovered dreaming inside its gears and flywheels, as are her Tick Tock “Keepers of the Clock.” With a few turns of the key, once again, time whizzes on its merry way. The photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum and their daughter, Marie, comes to life. Nathaniel is the newcomer to this intimate Christmas Eve party, and Marie blushes at his introduction.
Somehow, when Drosselmeyer arrives, amazing things happen. Behind a small door, one of Drosselmeyer’s creations, a delightfully droll wooden nutcracker man, mesmerizes Marie.
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