LEADER 03316nam 22006014a 450 001 9910777832603321 005 20230617002936.0 010 $a1-281-72301-0 010 $a9786611723019 010 $a0-300-13343-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300133431 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472105 035 $a(EBL)3420108 035 $a(OCoLC)182530360 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213010 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199052 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213010 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10149565 035 $a(PQKB)10684818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420108 035 $a(DE-B1597)485518 035 $a(OCoLC)1013940981 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300133431 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170798 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172301 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472105 100 $a20030313d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"Nutcracker" nation$b[electronic resource] $ehow an Old World ballet became a Christmas tradition in the New World /$fJennifer Fisher 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-09746-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index. 320 $aFilmography: p. 219. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tOne. The Early Years --$tTwo. Making Friends at Christmastime --$tThree. Fitting In --$tFour. Experiences and Relationships --$tFive. The Meaning of Life --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tPhoto Credits 330 $aThe Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet. Fisher traces The Nutcracker's history from its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker at its peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl's imagination, The Nutcracker has become a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves. 606 $aChristmas$zUnited States 615 0$aChristmas 676 $a792.8/4 700 $aFisher$b Jennifer$f1949-$01573137 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777832603321 996 $a"Nutcracker" nation$93848708 997 $aUNINA