Nuts to Tradition.(different versions of The Nutcracker performed across the US)(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: Patrick, K.C. | Copyright information

Most people think of their first Nutcracker as the "traditional" one. In fact, when Lev Ivanov and Peter Tchaikovsky wrote their two-act version of the story ballet in 1892, it was already translated from a tale related by E.T.A. Hoffmann [Tales of Hoffmann]. In 1934, the Vic-Wells (later Sadler's Wells, then Royal) Ballet staged their production in pre-World War II London under its French title, Casse-Noisette. The same year, Vasily Vainonen choreographed his three-act version of ...

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