List of acts, scenes (tableaux) and musical numbers, along with tempo indications. Tchaikovsky discovered the celesta in Paris in 1891 while making a journey to the United States. [37] Just like Swan Lake, there have been various alternative endings created in productions subsequent to the original. Cartman then notes how it's ironic … Notable conductors who have done so include Maurice Abravanel, André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Bonynge, Semyon Bychkov, Alexander Vedernikov, Ondrej Lenard, Mikhail Pletnev, and most recently, Simon Rattle. 71a, intended for concert performance. The ballet is set on Christmas Eve, where family and friends have gathered in the parlor to decorate the beautiful Christmas tree in preparation for the party. [5], Petipa gave Tchaikovsky extremely detailed instructions for the composition of each number, down to the tempo and number of bars. Most CD recordings take up two discs, often with fillers. "Angels We Have Heard on High" She was given domain over the Land of Sweets. Hoffmann’s 1816 fairy tale, on which the ballet is based, is troubling: Marie, a young girl, falls in love with a nutcracker doll, whom she only sees come alive when she falls asleep. Cascading arpeggios on celesta from the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.png 2,383 × 611; 16 KB. "Silent Night" Stirling Performs 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' at Live with Kelly and Ryan on 2018. info)) is an 1892 two-act ballet ("fairy ballet"; Russian: балет-феерия, balet-feyeriya), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. For the ballet, Tchaikovsky would again join forces with Marius Petipa, with whom he had collaborated on The Sleeping Beauty. The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the Nutcracker Suite made by the composer. As the seven-headed Mouse King advances on the still-wounded nutcracker, Clara throws her slipper at him, distracting him long enough for the nutcracker to stab him. 1.2.1 Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Opening) 1.2.2 Celestial Event (Kram) 2 Sheet Music. Neither Ormandy, Reiner, nor Fiedler ever recorded a complete version of the ballet; however, Kunzel's album of excerpts runs 73 minutes, containing more than two-thirds of the music. Background. The difficulty on this song is Extreme. Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 première, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. Щелкунчик. [66] But it was not until the LP album was developed that recordings of the complete ballet began to be made. She also complained about the use in the Chinese dance of "bobbing, subservient 'kowtow' steps, Fu Manchu mustaches, and ... yellowface" makeup, compared to blackface. While some critics praised Dell'Era on her pointework as the Sugar Plum Fairy (she allegedly received five curtain-calls), one critic called her "corpulent" and "podgy". Kat Wildish (cropped).jpg 50 × 67; 5 KB. The other children ignore it, but Clara immediately takes a liking to it. Sweet!". Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions. [24], The mice retreat and the nutcracker is transformed into a handsome Prince. Sugar Plum Fairies were a folk and pop band from Fyresdal, Vest-Telemark, Norway, formed in 2000, who released one studio album. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Behind the Scenes, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" [14] In 1934, choreographer Vasili Vainonen staged a version of the work that addressed many of the criticisms of the original 1892 production by casting adult dancers in the roles of Clara and the Prince, as Gorsky had. Madonna has also been 'appropriated' (see, Soviet ed., where they are printed in the original French with added Russian translation in editorial footnotes, The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album), Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The Nutcracker brings big bucks to ballet companies", "Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' a rite of winter thanks to its glorious music and breathtaking dances", "Ballet Talk [Powered by Invision Power Board]", "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev adapted some of the music into a virtuosic concert suite for piano solo: Many recordings have been made since 1909 of the Nutcracker Suite, which made its initial appearance on disc that year in what is now historically considered the first record album. "Main Title from Home Alone" "Warmer in the Winter", "What Child is This" In addition to annual live stagings of the work, many productions have also been televised or released on home video. Unlike in many later productions, the children's roles were performed by real children – students of the Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg, with Belinskaya as Clara, and Vassily Stukolkin as Fritz – rather than adults. "Carol of the Bells" [79], In 2013 Dance Magazine printed the opinions of three directors. The Waltz of the Flowers plays, when Scrat dances on the ice with his acorn until when it was loose, and a spider … Unlike the original ballet, this Fantasiaadaptation has no real plot. The tyranny of The Nutcracker is emblematic of how dull and risk-averse American ballet has become. The original ballet is only about 85 minutes long if performed without applause or an intermission, and therefore much shorter than either Swan Lake or The Sleeping Beauty, but some modern staged performances have omitted or re-ordered some of the music or inserted selections from elsewhere, thus adding to the confusion over the suites. Apparently, he had first experimented with another similar instrument to the celeste, the dulcitone, but found it too soft for use within the orchestra. When they were first introduced, Sugarplum Fairies caused damage to the walls of the submarine internally. ...Marie falls, ostensibly in a fevered dream, into a glass cabinet, cutting her arm badly. [82], In The New Republic in 2014, Alice Robb described white people wearing "harem pants and a straw hat, eyes painted to look slanted" and "wearing chopsticks in their black wigs" in the Chinese dance. The New York City Ballet went on to drop geisha wigs and makeup and change some dance moves. "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is a traditional song that was composition by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his ballet, The Nutcracker. 6 December] 1892, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The music is played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. When it threw bold punches at its own conventions. The number was choreographed by Lev Ivanov to music written by Tchaikovsky.. [48] The suite became very popular on the concert stage, and was excerpted in Disney's Fantasia, with everything omitted prior to Sugar Plum Fairies. "The Nutcracker Suite" redirects here. [81] One of the problems, Robb said, was the use of white people to play ethnic roles, because of the directors' desire for everyone to look the same. Alexander tried a more positive portrayal of the Chinese, but this was replaced by the more traditional version, despite positive reception. 71). [81], Among the attempts to change the dances were Austin McCormick making the Arabian dance into a pole dance, and San Francisco Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater changing the Chinese dance to a dragon dance. The Sugarplum Fairy may be a reference to the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", a ballerina dance from The Nutcracker ballet. The performance was conducted by Italian composer Riccardo Drigo, with Antonietta Dell'Era as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Pavel Gerdt as Prince Coqueluche, Stanislava Belinskaya as Clara, Sergei Legat as the Nutcracker-Prince, and Timofey Stukolkin as Drosselmeyer. (Фото)", "Snoop Dogg, Madonna, and Nadezhda Kadysheva hit the Wordshop posters", "гр. [8] The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet, staged by its artistic director, Willam Christensen, and starring Gisella Caccialanza as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jocelyn Vollmar as the Snow Queen. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The importance of this ballet to America has become a phenomenon that surely says as much about this country as it does about this work of art. It appears not only in her "Dance" but also in other passages in Act II. This was the first production to do so. [12] But this also was not unanimous, as some critics found the party scene "ponderous" and the Grand Pas de Deux "insipid". This quality gave the instrument its name, celeste, meaning "heavenly" in French. 1 Games. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the sugar plum fairy" in the movie "Fantasia by Walt Disney (1940).Hope you all enjoy! During the night, after everyone else has gone to bed, Clara returns to the parlor to check on her beloved nutcracker. He recounts for her how he had been saved from the Mouse King by Clara and transformed back into himself. [102], Act I of The Nutcracker ends with snow falling and snowflakes dancing. Tchaikovsky accepted the commission from Vsevolozhsky but did not particularly want to write the ballet[42] (though he did write to a friend while composing it, "I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task").[43]. It is used as a transition between the departure of the guests and the battle with the mice. The band plays pop music influenced by the folk music tradition of their native Telemark, using folk instruments like the Norwegian hardanger fiddle and accordion alongside guitar and piano, as well as brass instruments such as the trumpet and … Some critics called it "astonishingly rich in detailed inspiration" and "from beginning to end, beautiful, melodious, original, and characteristic". He bows to her, she kisses Clara goodbye, and leads them to a reindeer-drawn sleigh. These include such luminaries as, An arrangement of this the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy can be heard in Episode 8 of, Arrangements of the Waltz of the flowers can be heard in Episode 7 of, The "Waltz of the Flowers" appears during a baby's death scene in. [23] He then has them put away for safekeeping. The Nutcracker (1980)", "The Nutcracker Profile: The History of The Nutcracker", "Freddy Martin And His Orchestra – Tschaikowsky's, "Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. [9] El álbum navideño Oi to the World! Though it might have had its source in a Mongolian chopstick dance, she called it "heedless insensitivity to stereotyping". Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is a famous instrumental from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker. The Arabian dance, she said, has a woman who "slinks around the stage in a belly shirt, bells attached to her ankles". In the game "Cell to Singularity," "Waltz of the Flowers" is heard in when new creatures are created. America is a country I’m still discovering; let The Nutcracker be part of my research.[106]. The story varies from production to production, though most follow the basic outline. [4] The completion of the work was interrupted for a short time when Tchaikovsky visited the United States for twenty-five days to conduct concerts for the opening of Carnegie Hall. There have been two major theatrical film versions of the ballet, made within seven years of each other, and both were given soundtrack albums. Sugarplum Fairy est un groupe de pop rock suédois, originaire de la ville industrielle de Borlänge.Il est composé de cinq membres : Carl et Victor Norén (frères d'un des chanteurs de Mando Diao, Gustaf Norén), Jonas Karlsson, David Herbert, Kristian Gidlund.. Ils choisissent le nom de Sugarplum Fairy, à cause d'une chanson des Beatles, A Day in the Life, où John Lennon dit au … The Nutcracker Suite features a selection of pieces from Tchaikovsky's classic ballet The Nutcracker. [100], That warm and welcoming veneer of domestic bliss in The Nutcracker gives the appearance that all is just plummy in the ballet world. He was proud of the celesta's effect and wanted its music performed quickly for the public, before he could be "scooped". Proud to be part of the @smashthehouse Christmas album dropping 27/12. [84][85], University of California, Irvine professor Jennifer Fisher said in 2018 that a two-finger salute used in the Chinese dance was not a part of the culture. [83] Moreover, the Votkinsk-born composer is also perceived as a part of cultural heritage of Finno-Ugric peoples (non-Indo-European). "Decca matrix L 6763. 71). "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy on Windows NT. Der Tanz der Zuckerfee ist ein weltbekanntes Stück aus dem Ballett Der Nussknacker (op. "Home For The Holidays" Hoffmann's tale contains a long flashback story within its main plot titled "The Tale of the Hard Nut", which explains how the Prince was turned into the Nutcracker. Annual performances of the ballet have been staged there since 1952. See media help. Casse-Noisette. Numbers are given according to the original Russian and French titles of the first edition score (1892), the piano reduction score by Sergei Taneyev (1892), both published by P. Jurgenson in Moscow, and the Soviet collected edition of the composer's works, as reprinted Melville, New York: Belwin Mills [n.d.][44]. All libretti and programs of works performed on the stages of the Imperial Theatres were titled in French, which was the official language of the Imperial Court, as well as the language from which balletic terminology is derived. A story is also told that Tchaikovsky's sister Alexandra (9 January 1842 — 9 April 1891[39]) had died shortly before he began composition of the ballet and that his sister's death influenced him to compose a melancholy, descending scale melody for the adagio of the Grand Pas de Deux. [83] He said, "their extraordinary color and energy are far from condescending, and they make the world of 'The Nutcracker' larger. The music belongs to the Romantic period and contains some of his most memorable melodies, several of which are frequently used in television and film. "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is the first track and single from Lindsey Stirling's fourth studio album, Warmer in the Winter. Tchaikovsky wrote Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy specifically for the celesta in order to be the first composer to use it. Большой театр. [2][3] The ballet's score has been used in several film adaptations of Hoffmann's story. Donald Byrd of Spectrum Dance Theater saw the ballet as Eurocentric and not racist. "Tchaikovsky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: "Tchaikovsky: the Nutcracker: Sir Simon Rattle, Tchaikovsky, Berliner Philharmoniker: Music", "Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Michael Tilson Thomas, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers – Tchaikovsky: Music From, "The Nutcracker (1993 Motion Picture Soundtrack): Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, David Zinman, New York City Ballet Orchestra: Music", "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete): Music", "Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Act II/ Swan Lake", "Burning Question: Is Nutcracker Racist? Listen to Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nina Postolovskaya's Christmas Elegance for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. When installing Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, an identical, yet slightly faster version of this midi plays as an audio test to check if the sound is working, alongside an animated music box picture. One novelty in Tchaikovsky's original score was the use of the celesta, a new instrument Tchaikovsky had discovered in Paris. 2) von Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski, das am 18. [98] For the children's label Peter Pan Records, actor Victor Jory narrated a condensed adaptation of the story with excerpts from the score. "I Saw Three Ships" [17][8] After the enormous success of this production, San Francisco Ballet has presented Nutcracker every Christmas Eve and throughout the winter season, debuting new productions in 1944, 1954, 1967, and 2004. In addition to being available on the creator's website, it is available as part of the Hatoful Boyfriend Summer of Dove Collector's Edition or the Hatoful … [5] In still other productions, such as Baryshnikov's, Clara is Clara Stahlbaum rather than Clara Silberhaus. It was released as a 78-RPM album set in the 1940s. [86], Fisher went on to say some ballet companies were recognizing that change had to happen. 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Трепак (русский танец, карамельная трость), a. Intrada (Sugar Plum Fairy and Her Cavalier), b. With the advent of the stereo LP coinciding with the growing popularity of the complete ballet, many other complete recordings of it have been made. [33][34] To conclude the night, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier perform a dance.[35][36]. (They are often heard in TV commercials shown during the Christmas season. The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". Girl as Sugar Plum Fairy Double.jpg 263 × 307; 47 KB. The Vainonen version influenced several later productions. In the adaptation by Dumas on which Petipa based his libretto, her name is Marie Silberhaus. [65] This recording was conducted by Herman Finck and featured the London Palace Orchestra. It is … Fritz, however, breaks it, and Clara is heartbroken. While watching her in The Nutcracker, one is tempted to doubt it. While she heals from her wound, the mouse king brainwashes her in her sleep. Il Trepak, o Danza russa, è una delle parti più riconoscibili del balletto, insieme al famoso Valzer dei fiori, come pure la Danza della Fata Confetto . The celesta is often used to enhance a melody … Pictures Edit. In recent years, revisionist productions, including those by Mark Morris, Matthew Bourne, and Mikhail Chemiakin have appeared; these depart radically from both the original 1892 libretto and Vainonen's revival, while Maurice Bejart's version completely discards the original plot and characters. E.T.A. 『くるみ割り人形』(くるみわりにんぎょう、露(原題): Щелкунчик, 仏: Casse Noisette, 英: The Nutcracker )は、E.T.A.ホフマンの1816年の童話『くるみ割り人形とねずみの王様』を原作にした、ピョートル・チャイコフスキーの作曲したバレエ音楽(作品番号71)、およびそれを使用した2幕3場のバレエ作品である。 Their kind includes Dewdrop Fairies, who create dewdrops for the flowers and can have different colors (pink, red, green, emerald with yellow, blue, and orange); the Summer Fairies, who are green and change spring to summer; Autum… In most of the very famous versions of the ballet, the order of the dances has been slightly re-arranged, and/or the music has been altered. "I Wonder As I Wander" In the original libretto, the ballet's apotheosis "represents a large beehive with flying bees, closely guarding their riches". Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is a dance for a ballerina. If there were stereotypes, Tchaikovsky also used them in representing his own country of Russia. It was released on one side of a 45-RPM disc. "Hallelujah" The song is instrumental, meaning it has no lyrics. In the Barney franchise, it first appeared in "Practice Makes Music". Listen to Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy from Angels Of Venice's Sanctus for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is one of the most famous numbers in The Nutcracker. There were moments throughout the 20th century when ballet was brave. "Jingle Bell Rock" The instrumental features a new, at the time, and rare keyboard instrument, the celesta (which means "heavenly" in French). An abridged version of the ballet was first performed outside Russia in Budapest (Royal Opera House) in 1927, with choreography by Ede Brada. Yet The Nutcracker is now seasonal entertainment even in parts of America where snow seldom falls: Hawaii, the California coast, Florida. Discord ringtone and Discord notification sounds are arranged to the advertised track, with various other sources heard throughout: To accomplish this, there are different types of them to control over each season. (1996) del grupo punk-rock The Vandals también contiene una adaptación del Hada de Azúcar en la canción Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies. 71, dort Nr. Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions Version Edit. Problems playing this file? [9], Alexandre Benois described the choreography of the battle scene as confusing: "One can not understand anything. Afraid of scandal? But also personified depictions of other naturalistic or animalistic beings. The first time happens when Anabella tells the story of The Nutcracker to the rest of the team and Mila, as they wanted to be experienced by her story. Petipa began work on the choreography in August 1892; however, illness removed him from its completion and his assistant of seven years, Lev Ivanov, was brought in. First among these was the Ballets Russes period, when ballet—ballet—lassoed the avant-garde art movement and, with works such as Michel Fokine's fashionably sexy Scheherazade (1910) and Léonide Massine's Cubist-inspired Parade (1917), made world capitals sit up and take notice. "We Three Gentlemen", "Santa Baby" He is also a talented toymaker who has brought with him gifts for the children, including four lifelike dolls who dance to the delight of all. The behind-the-scenes video was released on November 6, 2017. "Udmurtia to Host a Conference 'Tchaikovsky: a Son of Udmurtia, the Genius of Man! The first performance of The Nutcracker was not deemed a success. The musical score is played twice. Ronald Alexander of Steps on Broadway and The Harlem School of the Arts said the characters in some of the dances were "borderline caricatures, if not downright demeaning". The "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is a dance for a ballerina.It is the third movement in The Nutcracker pas de deux.This pas de deux is from Act 2 of the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker.It is danced by the principal female dancer. He wanted it genuinely for the character of the Sugar Plum Fairy to characterize her because of its "heavenly sweet sound". Nearly all of the CD and LP recordings of the complete ballet present Tchaikovsky's score exactly as he originally conceived it. "Arena Battle ~ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tetris Friends" is a high quality rip of "Arena Battle ~ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Tetris Friends. ", "Staying on Their Toes for 'The Nutcracker,' Show After Show". The Nutcracker Suite is a piece of music featured in two Ice Age movies, Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, and Scrat: Spaced Out.. [80] Chloe Angyal, in Feministing, referred to "unbelievably offensive racial and ethnic stereotypes". Not these free-thinkers; Vaslav Nijinsky's rough-hewn, aggressive Rite of Spring famously put Paris in an uproar in 1913... Where are this century's provocations? [40] However, it is more naturally perceived as a dreams-come-true theme because of another celebrated scale use, the ascending one in the Barcarolle from The Seasons.[41]. ChristmasGiftsDancePoster.jpg 2,816 × 4,224; 2.63 MB. 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The nutcracker appears to lead the soldiers, who are joined by tin soldiers, and by dolls who serve as doctors to carry away the wounded. The Trepak, or Russian dance, is one of the most recognizable pieces in the ballet, along with the famous Waltz of the Flowers and March, as well as the ubiquitous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Stoner Winslett of the Richmond Ballet said The Nutcracker was not racist and that her productions had a "diverse cast". 2.1 Scores. Her family forbids her from speaking of her "dreams" anymore, but when she vows to love even an ugly nutcracker, he comes alive and she marries him. [10] Some found the transition between the mundane world of the first scene and the fantasy world of the second act too abrupt. Does she have any equals anywhere, inside or outside of fairyland? "Time to Fall in Love" Since Gorsky, Vainonen and Balanchine's productions, many other choreographers have made their own versions. Sugar Rum Cherry ou Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) (Sucre Rhum Cerise, danse de la fée dragée, en anglais) est un standard de jazz big band américain, composé par Duke Ellington et Billy Strayhorn en 1960, adapté et arrangé de la « Danse de la Fée Dragée » [1] du ballet romantique féérique russe Casse-Noisette de 1892 de Tchaïkovski.Il est enregistré avec … In Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy plays when Scrat collects a lot of Acorns but looses them. Disorderly pushing about from corner to corner and running backwards and forwards – quite amateurish. It has been performed every year since 1963 by the Christensen-founded Ballet West.[18]. Some people who have performed in productions of the ballet do not see a problem because they are continuing what is viewed as "a tradition". Titles of all of the numbers listed here come from Marius Petipa's original scenario as well as the original libretto and programs of the first production of 1892. "Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Antal Dorati, Harold Lawrence, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus – Tchaikovsky: "Tchaikovsky / Artur Rodzinski, 1946: Щелкунчик /, "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet: Tchaikovsky, Rodzinski, Phil Symphony Orchestra: Music". One concern she had was that dancers believed they were learning about Asian culture, when they were really experiencing a cartoon version. [9] Olga Preobrajenskaya as the Columbine doll was panned by one critic as "completely insipid" and praised as "charming" by another. El tema Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy está en el álbum That’s Christmas To Me del grupo estadounidense a cappella Pentatonix. [15] Another abridged version of the ballet, performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, was staged in New York City in 1940,[16] Alexandra Fedorova – again, after Petipa's version. [22] Presents are given out to the children. It was written for the celesta. [74] A CD of excerpts from the Tilson Thomas version had as its album cover art a painting of Mikhail Baryshnikov in his Nutcracker costume; perhaps this was due to the fact that the Tilson Thomas recording was released by CBS Masterworks, and CBS had first telecast the Baryshnikov "Nutcracker".[75]. For instance, the 1954 George Balanchine New York City Ballet version adds to Tchaikovsky's score an entr'acte that the composer wrote for Act II of The Sleeping Beauty but which is now seldom played in productions of that ballet. Some notable productions include Rudolf Nureyev's 1963 production for the Royal Ballet, Yury Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov for the American Ballet Theatre, Kent Stowell for Pacific Northwest Ballet starting in 1983, and Peter Wright for the Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Suddenly, mice begin to fill the room and the Christmas tree begins to grow to dizzying heights. When Marie Silberhaus helps the Nutcracker kill the Mouse King, the Nutcracker turns into a Prince and, in gratitude, takes Marie to the kingdom where the Sugar … Suddenly, as the owl-topped grandmother clock strikes eight, a mysterious figure enters the room. Warmer in the Winter Christmas Tour songs, https://lindseystirling.fandom.com/wiki/Dance_of_the_Sugar_Plum_Fairy_(song)?oldid=3863.