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Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 story "Der Nussknacker und der Mausekonig" (The Nutcracker and the Mouse king), the ballet is divided in two acts. The first act enters on a Christmas party at the home of the Silberhaus family, where the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer presents his god-daughter, little Clara Silberhaus, the very special gift of a nutcracker. Later that night, when everyone else is asleep, Clara sneaks to the drawing room to find the nutcracker and falls asleep briefly, only to wake to find herself surrounded by a horde of enormous mice. As the room and everything...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Ballet's 'Nutcracker' a Feast for the Eyes | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...E.T.A. Hoffman, a German storyteller, wrote Nussknacker und Mausekonig (The Nutcracker and Mouse King)--the tale of an eccentric, somewhat grotesque, journey into the blurred area between reality and fantasy. In 1844, a French writer, Alexandre Dumas pere softened and sweetened Hoffman's tale into the story of a young girl's Christmas fantasy that would inspire Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov to stage it for the Maryinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892. Act One opens in the Silberhaus home where the family eagerly awaits party guests, and Clara and Fritz eagerly await the accompanying presents. Their mysterious...

Author: By Amanda S. Federman, | Title: An Enchanting Nutcracker | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

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