Description: Nutcracker Nation : How An Old World Ballet Became A Christmas Tradition In The New World, Paperback by Fisher, Jennifer, ISBN 0300105991, ISBN-13 9780300105995, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US A lively discussion of North America&;s favorite ballet&;its history, productions, and significance? The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informativ, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet. Fisher traces The Nutcracker&;s historyfrom its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker atits peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl&;s imagination, The Nutcracker hasbecome a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.
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Book Title: Nutcracker Nation : How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Dance / Classical & Ballet, Holidays / Christmas & Advent
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Jennifer Fisher
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
