Learn about NutCracker, not through E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice", but from the great composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky who composed the piece - but it was just the name and the music.
A few words to describe when heard the pieces... light, sweet, lively, cool, uplifting, fairy tale-like... so captivating... It simply distants one from reality! Ah! It's non-tiring even if heard over and over again...
Did not know storyline till watched this ballet performance - though I know that it has something to do with Christmas! hahaha... Yeap, and that nutcracker toy. Everything presented on the stage was so fairy-tale like... Those little cottages! The gigantic gifts! The human size toys! The little mice! Hahaha.... Reminds me of "It's a Small World" in Disneyland! Like the last part of Act 1 - the snow flakes scene! Wow! Lovely blue and white!
Now, I could appreciate better when hear the pieces... At least, could imagine the story when listen to the selected pieces. Now I know how titles like Sugar Plum Dance, Waltz of Flowers come about... and what it exactly depicts!
It's also the first time that I sat through a ballet performance! What an achievement, too! Still, think it's much more chim than other forms of performance arts like musicals (that's what I love to watch).
Thanks to Guay Hwee for the wonderful evening! Oh yes, a pad on the shoulder for her daughter... who's part of the balleria team! It's a great performance!
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