don’t know abot them. Esape thei are
different fome the sows.
The thed plast I am going to tell you abot is
New Yoke City, Were the New Yoke City
Performances
ballet has been putting on perfornamce of
the Ballet for many yers. Gorg Blatrno
The first place I am going to tell you about
is Russia. In 1816 a man named E.T.A
Hoffman published a scary fairy-tale called
The published a scary fairy-tale called The
Nutcraker and the Mose King. Years latter a
man named Alexander Drums wrote a vison
of the story and madtet it happiry and more
a propret for kids to read. Marius Petipa,
the hred of Russia imperial Ballet liked the
new story and deiisadid to have it made into
a ballet . He asked Traskofkrty to wrat the
micec. The nutcracker ballet was then frst
prfomed In Dsaber 1892 in St. Peterburg
moved to Amarica and fonder the new Yoke
City Ballet and coreagrt hes own voson of
the Nutcracker Ballet. The frist prfomaones
was on February 2,1954 and has been a
holadiy tradson in New Yoke Ctiry ever
sacie. The ballet usally puts on 47
prfomeseas of thr ballet each yer.
Last but not least prfomases of the
Nutceaker teke place ALL over the wold in
smaller ctisies and towes. IN fact our own
city Ann Abor has slvrel prfomeses of the
Nutcraker Ballet each yaer. One of those
performancrs is put on by a sutio called Ann
Russia.
The sacont place I am going to tell you abot
is are the United stats and Erup. Nutcrkcer
ballet was first prfomed outside of Russia in
England in 1934. It’s frist Unided Stasts
prfmonsrs was I 1944 by the San fonrecico
Ballet. Tish vosin of the ballet was dracted
Arobr Dance Clasics. Anoter Prfomotes is
put on by the power cater each year.
they has been 2000 prfomes in new york
city sant 1954.
by a suttedt of George Blcino nemed
Wileom Crisonto.
Left: srger pium dance. Middle: candy canays.
Right: arabuon.
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