The Nutcracker (dances from)
Alternative title:
Casse-Noisette; Nutcracker Suite
Choreographer:
Lev Ivanov
Composer:
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Set designer:
Harry Cordwell
Costume designer:
Harry Cordwell
Rambert premiere:
13 Mar 1948, Ballet Rambert, Tivoli Theatre, Sydney
World premiere:
16 Dec 1892, Imperial Russian Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Work note:
The Rambert company performed selections from 'The Nutcracker', never the full ballet. In the 1930s, the Sugar Plum Fairy's variation and the Chinese Dance (Danse Chinoise) were often presented with dances from 'The Sleeping Beauty' under the titles 'Fairy Tales from The Sleeping Beauty' and 'Aurora's Wedding'. In 1938, the Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux from Act II of 'The Nutcracker' was performed as 'Pas de Deux from Casse-Noisette'. A fixed selection of dances from Act II was first performed as 'Casse-Noisette' on 13 March 1948 at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Australia, and this selection remained in the repertoire, with the alternative title of 'Nutcracker Suite'.
Production note:
In the programme, Harry Cordwell is credited as 'decor'.
Music title:
The Nutcracker (suite), Opus 71a (1892)
Music details:
Live music: initially piano, later orchestra
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0142
Performances
Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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9 Mar 1928 Matinee |
Russian Dance* | Flight of Swans | The Warrior* | Chinese Dance | The Top* | Followers of Night | Cygnets* | Menuet* | Mannequin | Pas de Deux* | Mazurka* | Doll* | Nymphs and Shepherds | A la ''Biches''* | Mazurka Finale* | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
9 Mar 1928 Evening |
Russian Dance* | Flight of Swans | The Warrior* | Chinese Dance | The Top* | Followers of Night | Cygnets* | Menuet* | Mannequin | Pas de Deux* | Mazurka* | Doll* | Nymphs and Shepherds | A la ''Biches''* | Mazurka Finale* | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
8 Oct 1928 Evening |
Prelude: Movements from French Suite No. 5 (Bach) | Queen Swan | The Warrior | Chinese Porcelain | Lusinghe piu care (Handel) | I attempt from Love's sickness to fly (Purcell) | Fairest Isle (Purcell) | Nymph and Shepherd | Serenade (Brahms) | Russian Court Dance* | Rus | Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich |
21 Dec 1928 Evening |
Danse Chinoise | Columbine | Variation | Variation | Cygnets | Colibri | Fée Dragée | Blue Bird | Variation | Red Riding Hood | La Pomme d'Or (The Temptation) | Nymphs and Shepherds (Suite de Danses) | Mannequin and her Beau | Rigaudon* | Polka* | The Russian Peasant* | Warrior | Century Theatre, London |
10 Oct 1931 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) | Le Rugby | Dances from ''The Three Cornered Hat'' | Capriol Suite | La Péri | Chinese Magician | Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) | Mars and Venus | Russian Boyard Dance | American Sailor | Mannequin | Peasants' Frolic | New Theatre, London |
3 Apr 1938 Evening |
The Strike of Wives (Lysistrata) | Croquis de ''Mercure'' (Sketches for ''Mercury'') | La Muse s'Amuse | Pas de Deux from Casse-Noisette | Étrange | à La Russe* | à La Polka | Mercury Theatre, London |
6 Apr 1938 Evening |
La Péri | Pas de Deux from Casse-Noisette | Étrange | Mlle Fifi | The Two Igors | Alcina Suite | La Muse s'Amuse | Mercury Theatre, London |
13 Mar 1948 Evening |
The Planets | Jardin aux Lilas | Casse-Noisette* | Façade | Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Australia |
19 Nov 1948 Evening |
The Descent of Hebe | Carnival of Animals | Winter Night* | The Nutcracker Suite | His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Australia |
17 Oct 1949 Evening |
Casse Noisette | Antonia* | Les Masques | Gala Performance | King's Theatre, London |
8 Jul 1952 Evening |
Nutcracker Suite | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Winter Night | Façade (The Original Version) | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |
17 Nov 1952 Evening |
Nutcracker Suite | The Lilac Garden | Carnival of the Animals* | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Her Majesty's Theatre, Brighton |
22 Jul 1957 Evening |
Plaisance | Casse Noisette Pas de Deux | Variations on a Theme | Conte Fantastique* | The Gala Performance | Theatre Royal, Exeter |