Nutcracker Ballet

Be Fantasized into this Charming Tale

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Act One

The Nutcracker ballet begins at the Stahlbaum house. It's Christmas Eve and Dr Stahlbaum and his wife are hosting a party. They welcome their guests and the children, Clara and her younger brother Fritz, greet their friends too.

A very skilled magician named Drosselmeyer, keeps the children entertained and draws everyone's attention as he presents his life-size dolls. The dolls each take a turn to dance and everyone is delighted by them.

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Drosselmeyer has also brought gifts for the young children and gives Clara a Nutcracker doll. Clara is thrilled with her present and is fascinated by it, but her brother Fritz is jealous and breaks the Nutcracker.

In the nutcracker ballet, Drosselmeyer luckily manages to mend the broken Nutcracker so Clara is reunited with her beloved doll.

As the party draws to a close, the guests leave and the family goes to bed.

After everyone is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs looking for the Nutcracker. But as the clock strikes midnight, unusual things begin to happen.

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Everything seems to grow and in the Christmas tree grows is an enormous size, filling the whole room. The toys around the Christmas tree begin to come to life and suddenly Clara is surrounded by an army of mice, lead by the Mouse King.

The Nutcracker springs to life and leads his toy soldiers into battle with the mice.

The battle continues but the Mouse King has the Nutcracker cornered. Clara can see the Nutcracker is about to be overpowered so she makes a daring move and throws her shoe at the Mouse King.

The shoe hits the Mouse King straight on the head and he drops to the floor. The rest of the mice run away, taking their King's body with them.

The Nutcracker drops to the floor; he's exhausted and lifeless.

Clara takes him in her arms and desperately tries to revive him. He steadily comes back to life and Clara is amazed to see he is a handsome prince.

They dance together and then he guides Clara to the Land of Snow where they are carried off into the night sky.
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Act Two

Clara and the Nutcracker arrive at the Kingdom of Sweets, a fantasy world which is ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy.

The people in the Kingdom of Sweets perform various dances for Clara and the Nutcracker. They get to see dance from many different lands - there's a Spanish Dance, a Chinese Dance, an Arabian Dance and a Russian Dance. Even the Sugar Plum Fairy appears and performs a Grand Pas De Deux.

The Nutcracker Prince and Clara dance together, but just as their dancing reaches its climax, the fantasy world disappears.

Clara awakens back inside her house beneath the christmas tree, realizing that it was all perhaps a dream.

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