nutcracker ballet
Holiday dance performance
The Nutcracker is a ballet set to Tchaikovsky's score, telling the story of a girl whose nutcracker doll comes to life on Christmas Eve.
First performed in 1892, it has become a holiday tradition in Western countries, with countless productions staged every December: We're taking the kids to see The Nutcracker this year.
- ClaraName meaning clear
- battle scenePortrayal of warfare
- snowflakesFrozen precipitation crystals
- waltzingDancing in 3/4 time
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
Tchaikovsky · toy soldier · Christmas Eve · tutu · pointe · orchestra · pirouette · dancing · holiday · enchanted · magical · Russian · sugarplums · snow · kingdom · dream · wooden · almonds
- performancestalent show, dance routine, comedy act, variety show, magic act
theatrical form/genre
nutcracker balletopera
Theatrical art combining song
circus · stand-up comedy · rock concert · kabuki · vaudeville
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