Live Performance Response The aim of this paper is to carefully analyze the performances entitled‚ “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky and the “Russian Dance” from Nutcracker. Herein‚ it should be noted that both the songs and the ballerina performance are exemplary and have been considered as a great example of fine movements and choreography. The analysis of the selected performances will be done through the point of view of dance sequences and movements that have been designed based
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I am writing a critical analysis on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker‚ a holiday classic. When thinking of The Nutcracker you cannot help‚ but get into the holiday spirit. Other than the holiday spirt it is a beautiful classical piece‚ full of highly theatrical scenes. The genre of The Nutcracker is of course ballet‚ which is considered a classical or formal dance. Ballet has gone through many changes since the 17th century‚ and continues to transform. But‚ one thing you cannot deny with ballet is the
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During the Nutcracker I recognized some of the music through out the show. It was classic music that played. The Nutcracker reminded me of the music we listen to in class when we were learning about there romantic period. I thought that the dancing was very pretty and went along with the music very well. I was amazed how you could hear all the different instruments during the show. I personally heard the violin a‚ flute‚ cello‚ clarinet‚ horns‚ trumpets‚ trombones‚ and also I heard the string family
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animations are abstract; lines and shapes that change along with the rhythm of the music. Short quick lines dance across the screen along with the staccato of the violins. The next segment is six of the eight movements from The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The animations that accompany this piece are a nature themed‚ showing the transition of the seasons. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy starts the segment off with fairies awakening‚ bringing spring and banishing the last vestiges of
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On a cold‚ December evening my mom‚ dad‚ sister‚ and I went to see the New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker”. Manhattan during Christmas tome is a perfect scene out of a movie‚ and we were so excited to see the show at Lincoln Center. We took the N train there‚ which was crowded and made me feel claustrophobic. However‚ that didn’t stop me from being thrilled to see the show. The long train ride over to Manhattan at night was beautiful; seeing the night lit up by the city’s skyline
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The Nutcracker. I had a wonderful time seeing this ballet‚ performed by the Central Ohio Youth Ballet (COYB)‚ at Midland theatre in Newark‚ Ohio‚ on the Thanksgiving weekend with my host family‚ and I was amazed by the great work and efforts that the performers had created. No wonder why The Nutcracker has became the timeless symbol of Christmas around the world. The two-act ballet followed the original story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ with a score by Tchaikovsky. It
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Tchaikovsky’s piece (movements one and two) had many long lines of melody and very intricate harmony parts. These two things helped move this legato piece along throughout these two movements. The first movement started out very legato and slow with the strings playing piano‚ and the woodwinds playing the melody perfectly. This melody then went to the violins and violas. The melody then got traded from the strings to the woodwinds and then back to the strings. Towards the middle of this movement
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speakers at first‚ but as the concert went on‚ I gradually realized they explained how Tchaikovsky created his Symphony No.4. In order to correspond with the interesting speech‚ the Orchestra cut the whole piece of music into many small units. Each time when the speakers talked about a specific period of time Tchaikovsky had experienced‚ the Orchestra were playing some units that correspond to their speech. Tchaikovsky worked on his Fourth Symphony when he received a love letter from one of his former
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Brought out into the light only when the drawer was rummaged through. Once again I needed its assistance to step into a character. Dancing in the Nutcracker ballet as a Chinese dancer at the age of fourteen. With this dance came mastering dancing in and out of giant fans slicing through the air. In so the fan was released from its wooden prison of art supplies. Relentlessly practicing gracefully managing
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The Nutcracker is a story of a young girl that is whisked away to the Land of Toys to help her animated nutcracker defeat the Mouse King. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ the altered version by Alexandre Dumas and the ballet by Tchaikovsky tell the same story; however‚ there are significant differences between the three and the audiences they connect with. Hoffmann’s Nutcracker is an extraordinarily innovative and unusual piece of writing that was originally for adults
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