'Nutcracker': a critical guide.(ENTERTAINMENT)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: November 26, 2006| Author: LeFevre, Camille | Copyright information

Byline: Camille LeFevre

Special to the Star Tribune

In 1892, when the Maryinsky Theatre premiered Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's ballet, "The Nutcracker," the response was tepid. Tchaikovsky's score was popular, but one St. Petersburg critic wrote of the ballet: "For dancers there is rather little in it, for art absolutely nothing, and for the artistic fate of our ballet, one more step downward."

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