Wednesday, November 26, 2014
This ‘Nutcracker’ doesn't pirouette
The Washington Post: Everyone at Round House Theatre is growing accustomed to correcting this thoroughly understandable misunderstanding. “The Nutcracker” is the company’s latest offering, though no tutu or sugar plum fairy is used in the making of this production. It’s not the one you’re thinking of, built around Tchaikovsky’s ballet music. This one is a play with music derived from the short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” written in the early 1800s by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, about a little girl whose toys come to life.
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'The Nutcracker' is one of the concepts most deeply immersed in my holiday lexicon. Over a decade of ballet performances, and I am still able to say that I love it. But even as a child, the inborn storyteller in me grappled with the fact that when the Mouse King tried to *kill Clara's Nutcracker* (at least that's how our version went) there was never fear, just shock in the audience. I'm glad that this stage production aimed to both acknowledge the dark and the light aspects of this story, really seeking to convey the original tale. It's an important legacy to pass on.
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