Dancers of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will start the Christmas season with the classical ballet The Nutcracker. (Photo courtesy of the theatre) HCM City (VNA) - Dancers of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestraand Opera (HBSO) will launch the Christmas season with the classical ballet TheNutcracker, a two-act production choreographed by Johanne Jakhelln Constant,art director of the Moving Art Theatre in Bodo, Norway, on December 11 and 12.
The work is based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Germanauthor E.T.A. Hoffmann.
It features the dream of the little girl Clara and her adventures with anutcracker, a gift from her godfather.
It was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia onDecember 17, 1892, and has become a worldwide favourite during the Christmasseason.
It premiered in HCM City in 2001 as part of the Norway government'sTransposition programme to bring classical music projects to Vietnam.
This season, it will be staged by dancers of HBSO, including Ho Phi Diep (theNutcracker), Nguyen Thu Trang (Clara), Do Hoang Khang Ninh (Sugarplum Fairy)and Dang Minh Hien (Mr Drosselmeyer).
Japanese dancer Yuki Hiroshige will play the role of Snow Queen and Dewdrop.
The play’s choreographer Johanne has also worked in costume design, scenographyand props design.
The Nutcracker, with music by Tchaikovsky, will highlight the HBSO symphonyorchestra and female choir led by conductor Tran Vuong Thach.
Meritorious Artist Thach, director of the HBSO, was recently granted the titleKnight of Arts and Letters (Chevaliers des Lettres et des Arts) from the Frenchgovernment for his efforts to promote arts exchange between Vietnam and France./.
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