Nutcracker

Question 1

Describe the setting

Answer 1

Proscenium

Question 2

Accompaniment

Answer 2

Prior Tchaikovsky-Classical and orchestral (first composed for the 1892 Ivanov Ballet

Question 3

Who is the choreographer

Answer 3

Mathew Bourne

Question 4

Who is the company

Answer 4

First performed by Adventures, now performed by New Adventures

Question 5

First Performance

Answer 5

August 1992

Question 6

Dance Style

Answer 6

Choreographic and balletic, exaggerated with a realistic use of gestures

Question 7

Choreographic Style

Answer 7

A reworking of a traditional ballet that is narrative and comic

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

Explores themes of adolescence, fantasy and escapism

Question 9

Starting point

Answer 9

Classical ballet and the music and images of Victorian childhood

Question 10

Structures

Answer 10

Two acts with nine episodes

Question 11

Dancers

Answer 11

24

Question 12

Costume

Answer 12

Anthony Ward - colourful and over the top, cultural and literal references to sweets

Question 13

Setting

Answer 13

Anthony Ward - partly realistic but larger than life and cartoon like.

Scene 1 - orphanage with iron beds

There is an interval scene on a frozen lake

Scene 2 - entered through a large, pink mouth to sweetie land which is complete with a massive three-tier wedding cake for Princess Sugar

Question 14

Lighting

Answer 14

Howard Harrison - Theatrical and helps to create the atmosphere

Question 15

Staging

Answer 15

Proscenium