Bugaku
A ballet choreographed to Toshiro Mayuzumi's eponymous music; its title refers to bugaku, the dance component of gagaku.
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A ballet choreographed to Toshiro Mayuzumi's eponymous music; its title refers to bugaku, the dance component of gagaku.
An abstract three-part ballet, with acts titled Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds, linked by jewel-colored costumes. Emeralds uses music by Gabriel Fauré, Rubies by Igor Stravinsky, and Diamonds by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; it has no stated narrative plot.
George Balanchine's ballet is set to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 Ragtime for Eleven Instruments.
In Balanchine’s staging, Clara/Marie and the Nutcracker Prince are children, and the Journey Through the Snow is replaced by a scene in which Clara’s bed moves across the stage as the Nutcracker transforms into the Prince.
A ballet choreographed to Toshiro Mayuzumi's eponymous music; its title refers to bugaku, the dance component of gagaku.
An abstract three-part ballet, with acts titled Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds, linked by jewel-colored costumes. Emeralds uses music by Gabriel Fauré, Rubies by Igor Stravinsky, and Diamonds by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; it has no stated narrative plot.
George Balanchine's ballet is set to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 Ragtime for Eleven Instruments.
In Balanchine’s staging, Clara/Marie and the Nutcracker Prince are children, and the Journey Through the Snow is replaced by a scene in which Clara’s bed moves across the stage as the Nutcracker transforms into the Prince.