Nutcracker

Question 1

Choreographer

Answer 1

Matthew Bourne

Question 2

Costume Designer

Answer 2

Anthony Ward

Question 3

Lighting Designer

Answer 3

Howard Harrison

Question 4

Composer

Answer 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 5

Setting Designer

Answer 5

Anthony Ward

Question 6

Number of Dancers

Answer 6

24

Question 7

Staging

Answer 7

Proscenium Arch stage

Question 8

ACCOMPANIMENT/AURAL SETTING

Answer 8

Classical, orchestral. Composed in 1892 for the original ballet

Question 9

Costume

Answer 9

Colourful and ‘over the top’ to show characters. Cultural influences and literal references to sweets

Question 10

Lighting

Answer 10

Theatrical, colourful and bright. Helps to create atmosphere.

Question 11

Dance Style

Answer 11

Contemporary and balletic. Exaggerated but realistic use of gestures

Question 12

Theme

Answer 12

The Nutcracker story retold with references to adolescence, escapism, fantasy and satire

Question 13

STRUCTURE/SECTIONS OF THE WORK

Answer 13

Two acts with nine episodes

Question 14

STARTING POINT/INSPIRATION FOR THE WORK

Answer 14

The classical ballet and the music. Images of Victorian childhood

Question 15

COMPANY

Answer 15

Adventures of Motion Pictures

Question 16

DATE OF FIRST PERFORMANCE

Answer 16

1992

Question 17

ROLES OF DANCERS

Answer 17

Mixed cast, all different characters

Question 18

CHOREOGRAPHIC STYLE

Answer 18

A reworking of a traditional ballet. Narrative and comic influenced by film and theatre. Close relationship between dance and music