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Nutcracker
Maurice Béjart

Christmas Eve. A child is sitting alone beside a sparse Christmas tree. A few garlands from former Christmases hang sadly on its branches.

The child’s mother is dead.

Suddenly, like a dream or as if by magic, his mother is there beside him and leaves a small gift under the tree.

The enchanted night begins. The gift grows bigger and becomes a miraculous icon. Friends jump out. The mother is there, followed by two Angels of light and Marius-Mephisto.

The entire room dances and rings out with the child’s laughter.

Is it a dream?

Reality is what we think it is. Reality is the moment, here and now. Freed from anguish, the child sees the pas de deux from the Nutcracker ballet directed by Marius, his teacher, and danced by the prince and princess.

He will be a dancer.

Maurice Béjart

 

MUSICAL REFERENCES

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Album: Nutcracker, Op. 71 Acte 1, Acte 2

Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Direction: Mariss Jansons ; Musical Director: Ronald Corp ; Label: EMI

 

Album: Nutcracker; Title: Tarentelle

Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Director: Seiji Ozawa ; Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Title: Trepak (Russian Dance), Coda ; Performers: Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino ; Director : Algus David – Live recording

 

Accordion partition

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Titles : Waltz of the snowflakes, Waltz of the flowers, Finale waltz and apotheosis

Performer at the creation 1998: Yvette Horner

Performer at the revival 2018: Lisa Biard

 

Vincent Scotto

Title: Sous les ponts de Paris

Performer at the creation 1998: Yvette Horner

Performer at the revival 2018: Lisa Biard

 

Léon Raiter

Title: Les Roses blanches

Performer at the creation 1998: Yvette Horner

Performer at the revival 2018: Lisa Biard

 

Tony Murena

Title: Indifférence

Performer: Lisa Biard

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

Title: Air Varié

Performer at the creation 1998: Yvette Horner

Performer at the revival 2018: Lisa Biard

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