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 volume; Jennifer Fisher offers 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 Nutcrackers" history from its St Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-20th century to the many later productions. 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" at its 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 girls imagination; "The Nutcracker has become a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.
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