Fun Freetime: Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema - The Nutcracker

 

The cherished holiday classic The Nutcracker sweeps across movie screens December 19^th and 20^th as part of the 2021-22 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series. Perfect holiday entertainment for the whole family, The Nutcracker captivates with an exceptional score by Tchaikovsky.

 

Experience this superb, fantastical fairytale on the big screen, through the eyes of Marie and her Nutcracker Prince as they travel on a magical journey of their dreams.

 

The Nutcracker production first premiered on the Bolshoi’s historic stage when celebrated choreographer Yuri Grigorovich staged it 55 years ago with a superstar cast. Since then, there have been thousands of performances of The Nutcracker, making it one of the most widely performed ballets in the history of Bolshoi Theatre.

 

Following The Nutcracker, the 2021-22 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series continues with performances of Jewels (LIVE) on Sun., Jan. 23, Swan Lake (Encore) on Sun., Mar. 6, and concludes with The Pharaoh's Daughter (LIVE) on Sun., May 1.

 

WHO:

Dancers including Margarita Shrayner (Marie), Semyon Chudin (The Nutcracker Prince), Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer), Alexander Vodopetov (The Mouse King), and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet.

Presented by Fathom Events, BY Experience, and Pathé Live.

 

WHEN:        

Sun., Dec. 19 at 12:55 p.m. local time.

Mon., Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. local time.

 

WHERE:

Tickets for Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker (Encore) can be purchased at www.fathomevents.com or participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

          

MORE:

The Nutcracker stats and facts:

• The first production of The Nutcracker was to a sold-out show on December 18, 1892, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Tchaikovsky and the choreographer, Marius Petipa, worked together on The Sleeping Beauty ballet two years before The Nutcracker at the Bolshoi
• The first complete performance of The Nutcracker outside of Russia did not happen until 1934 and took place in England
• Audiences in the U.S. were first introduced to The Nutcracker music score in Disney’s film “Fantasia” (released in 1940)
• The San Francisco Ballet company performed the first complete version of The Nutcracker in the U.S. on Christmas Eve (1944)
• More people have seen The Nutcracker -- and more dancers have performed it -- than any other ballet