Watch the world-renowned St. Petersburg Ballet “The Nutcracker” on the 6th of January, 2017 at Tchaikovsky Restaurant – Marina Byblos Hotel.
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a story written in 1816, by E. T. A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum’s favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas père’s adaptation of the story into the ballet The Nutcracker, which became one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous compositions, and perhaps the most popular ballet in the world.
I watched part of the rehearsal and the ballet was more than I expected: choreography and dancing. Wow!! The dancers defy physics and made me wish I had just a little of their grace. There was humour as well as talent. I am looking forward to see the entire show on the 6th of January.
