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The Magic Nut - A Prologue to the Nutcracker (Hardcover)
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The Magic Nut - A Prologue to the Nutcracker (Hardcover)
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Multi-disciplined artist Mihail Chemiakin's exquisitely drawn
costume sketches, stage sets and production design come to life in
this extraordinary record of the two-act ballet premiered in St.
Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater in 2005. Based on "The Story of a
Hard Nut" from the Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A.
Hoffmann, "The Magic Nut" is a ballet conceived by artist Mihail
Chemiakin as a prologue to "The Nutcracker" in which we learn how
the Nutcracker comes to be. Here Chemiakin tells the story of The
Nutcracker's origins creating a fairy tale with a cast of
bird-people, sea monsters, satyrs, cats, jellyfish, and, of course,
a whole society of rats. In this phantasmagorical interpretation of
Hoffman's tale the audience discovers the kind and heroic qualities
of young Drosselmeyer, fated to be turned into a Nutcracker for his
virtuous deeds. The story contains many of the elements of the
classic fairy tale but the anticipated happy ending is ultimately
postponed - until the story continues in the Tchaikovsky ballet.
The book leads the reader through the ballet, scene by scene, with
detailed sketches of the sets, costumes, masks and props created
for the production. A virtuoso of invention, of expression through
color and unexpected interpretation, the work of Chemiakin could
not be better fitted to fairytales. Humorous and engaging, the
colorful drawings featured here will delight ballet fans, costume
designers, students of theater and art lovers alike.
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