It was commissioned by the royal ballet, covent garden, and the national ballet of canada and had its world premiere on monday, 28 february 2011. The tart adage from alices adventures in wonderland the royal. It is part of the entertainments in the kingdom of sweets to reward clara for her help in saving the life of the nutcracker and defeating the mouse king, and comes after a series of divertissements that includes the famous arabian. The nutcracker dance of the mirlitons francesca hayward, the royal ballet. The production is staged with generous philanthropic support from lady jarvis and the royal opera house endowment fund. The sugar plum fairy was first danced by antonietta dellera and the. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. The cold motherqueen of hearts is one example, but the scene with the duchess, the cook and baby pig went further. They can be great technical showpieces, but they can also be dramatically potent and, of course, are often both at the same time. Given the context of an unfair deathsentence trial, the culminating duet still cant be erotic or ecstatic. A revival of peter wrights production of the nutcracker.
The royal ballet the nutcracker london, royal opera house 4 december 20 gallery of pictures by dave morgan. Campbell was born in sydney and trained at academy ballet, sydney, before. Peter wrights version of lev ivanovs original 1892 ballet. Bob crowleys vivid sets and costumes take us down the rabbit hole into a colourful world full of curious creatures and captivating characters. But the royal ballet s production is one i can happily sit through each year.
Dec 22, 2019 alice s adventures under ground the royal opera. Sarah lamb as alice and federico bonelli as jackknave of hearts in the royal ballet s alice s adventures in wonderland christopher wheeldons alices adventures in wonderland arrived on the stage in 2011 with a burst of colour, theatrical magic and inventive choreography. Alice s adventures in wonderland is a ballet in three acts by christopher wheeldon with a scenario by nicholas wright. Over the next decade, the company toured the ballet extensively, exposing it to audiences nationwide. She trained at the royal ballet school and joined the company in december 2012 as an artist, promoted to first artist in 2016, soloist in 2017 and first soloist 2019. Alices adventures in wonderland the caterpillar the. American ballet theatre alexei ratmanskys the nutcracker. Nov 24, 2016 nutcrackers come and nutcrackers go but the royal ballets version is a hardy perennial. He joined the royal ballet as a soloist in 2011, promoted to first soloist in 2012 and principal in 2016. Alice in wonderland, vortex, peter pan and nutcracker. Pyotr ilych tchaikovsky s ballet scores are treasured works of art.
It is christmas eve and herr drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young clara away on a fantasy adventure in which time is suspended, the family livingroom becomes a great battlefield, and a magical journey takes. George balanchine, royal ballet, 8 2015, with steven mcrae. Creating the set for alices adventures in wonderland royal opera house. He trained at the royal ballet school and on graduation joined birmingham royal ballet. Dance of the sugar plum fairy, nutcracker ballet suite mono 18. This scene is a glorious parody of the rose adagio from the sleeping beauty here the queen of hearts gets tarts instead of roses.
The nutcracker the waltz of the snowflakes the royal. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents of lewis carrolls story a nightmarish kitchen, an. Stixbrunells repertory with the royal ballet includes alice, princess rose the. Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary and instantly recognizable characters, from the. The royal ballet s glorious production of the nutcracker, created by peter wright in1984, is the production par excellence of an alltime ballet favourite. Royal opera house the tart adage from alices adventures in. The royal ballet s claire calvert, right, in her nutcracker party child outfit, aged 11. Alices adventures in wonderland 2014, royal ballet classy dance, design and music, marinated just a little long in the treacle well by david nice sunday, 07 december 2014.
The music by joby talbot is the first fulllength score 1 hour 40 minutes for the royal ballet in 20 years. Royal ballet alice s adventures in wonderland london. Their duet, set in a vintagelooking town square and danced with balanchine briskness, takes on a distinctly american flair. The royal ballet s glorious production of the nutcracker, created by peter wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an alltime ballet favorite. Ballet theatre will offer another full year of classical and contemporary ballets in 2019. Dec 24, 2017 the royal ballets claire calvert, right, in her nutcracker party child outfit, aged 11. But in emphasizing the relationship between clara and the nutcracker, the production also gains a touching subtext of first love.
Nutcrackers come and nutcrackers go but the royal ballet s version is a hardy perennial. A christmas treat for the whole family and a classic with a special place in the hearts of ballet fans around the world. The music was written by tchaikovsky and the dance was designed by lev ivanov. The royal ballet, alices adventures in wonderland, royal. Stuffed with vivid ideas and fantastical characters, it has something for everyone, and is a suitably uptempo work with which to kick off the royal ballet s autumn season only a curmudgeon would complain and some did, after its 2011 premiere that alice. With at least nine nutcrackers doing the rounds this season, only a masochist would consider keeping tabs on them all. Arabian dance coffee, nutcracker ballet suite mono 19. Its not christmas without a nutcracker stage the guardian. Choreographer christopher wheeldons take on lewis carrolls alice in wonderland is an exuberant work on an extravagant scale. The ballet was first presented on 18 december 1892 at the mariinsky theatre in st. It is part of the entertainments in the kingdom of sweets to reward clara for her help in saving the life of the nutcracker and defeating the mouse king, and comes after a series of divertissements that.
The royal ballet, alices adventures in wonderland, the. Alices adventures in wonderland 2014, royal ballet the. She danced clara for the first time in the nutcracker at covent garden in 2012. The royal ballet puts their annual nutcracker on ice for a year and opts instead for a welcome revival of christopher wheeldons blockbuster, which premiered in 2011. Courtesy of claire calvert the nutcracker, based on a story by the prussian writer eta.
Royal ballet artistic associate christopher wheeldon magically captured the twists and turns of lewis carrolls classic story, alice s adventures in wonderland, in his 2011 ballet. Lamb was decorous and regal, unfazed by technical difficulties, while mcrae had toned down his virtuoso showiness. Stuffed with vivid ideas and fantastical characters, it has something for everyone, and is a suitably uptempo work with which to kick off the royal ballets autumn season. Ernest ansermetthe royal ballet gala performancessacd. The royal ballet s glorious production of the nutcracker, created by peter wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an alltime ballet favourite. It was the royal ballet s first new fulllength work. Credits for the royal ballet s nutcracker acknowledge that the ballet is essentially peter wrights. Royal ballet the nutcracker london, royal opera house 8 december 2015 gallery of pictures by dave morgan uk. Royal opera house the royal ballets nutcracker roundtable. Royal opera house alices adventures in wonderland the. But there are those of us that relish the thought of watching another production, a new cast, a debut here. To celebrate world food day, enjoy this delicious clip from the royal ballets alices adventures in wonderland featuring laura morera. The royal ballet s alice s adventures in wonderland 2011 this magical production was the companys first new fulllength work since 1995 and was greeted with delight by audiences.
Cuthbertson that is the most choreographically interesting moment of the ballet in the way its yearning lines. Vasily medvedev and yuri burlaka, after lev ivanov, berlin state ballet, 2014. With miyako yoshida, steven mcrae, gary avis, iohna loots. In 2011 the royal ballet commissioned christopher wheeldon to. It is christmas eve andherr drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young clara away on a fantasy adventure in which timeis suspended, the family livingroom becomes a great battlefield, and a. Royal ballet alices adventures in wonderland london. Dec 10, 2015 credits for the royal ballets nutcracker acknowledge that the ballet is essentially peter wrights. He adapted marius petipas 1892 scenario and made it his own. Yes, the two wouldbe lovers have matured during the course of the ballet, but their relationship doesnt exactly send thrills down the spine. The nutcracker dance of the mirlitons francesca hayward, the. Melissa hayden and jacques damboise in nutrcackers.
The royal ballet performs the waltz of the snowflakes in the nutcracker, with meaghan grace hinkis as clara, ricardo cervera as the nutcracker and gary avis as drosselmeyer, recorded in 2012. This landed alice her love interest jackknave of hearts. Royal opera house lauren cuthbertson as alice and steven. Peter wrights version of lev ivanovs original 1892 ballet has undergone changes since its debut in. The delicious result shows the royal ballet at its best, bringing together.
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