The Nutcracker

On Sunday we went to the nutcracker play which is a ballet show. This was the first ballet show I ever see, so I find a big difference but also similar things in the play which are connected with straight play and musical performance. The whole play is about a Christmas night, everyone is checking their gifts and one girl get a nutcracker. Then the nutcracker becomes real and started dancing . After everyone leaves, she got up and see Nutcracker is under the Chrismas tree, and this is the point she starts her dream world. The stage seeking change and different kinds of characters and different countrie’s dance start to go. The very end of the show is when the scene get back to the house and we see the girl is sleeping in the sofa.

I really like the way they set the stage and change the stage. Because they have a really big stage, so it's hard to change the setting in a short time, and they have to represent the dream and the realistic. However, they perfectly solved this problem with lights and props removing. For example, when she is going in her dream, all the house was moved away, and the lights go down. At the point when the Chrismas tree was turned around, she completely get into the dream world, and the lights goes up again. Another thing I noticed is the dress, even thought all the dresses looks similar, I looked carefully and I found out the dress who has solo dance has more color on it. It also helped me easily find where to focus on. My favorite dance in this show was when a man jump up and spouse and splits his leg in the air, and I believed it, just be so hard to do it.

Ballet show is also so different from other plays because there is no dialogue or singing which means I have to follow the story by seeing the dance and setting change. I do enjoyed this play, and all the dancers are so talented and hardworking. I want to say Merry Christmas to everyone! And I hope we will be not so crazy after we come back!