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SYNOPSIS OF DANCES

THE NUTCRACKER
CASSE-NOISETTE
SHCHELKUNCHIK

Overture Miniature - orchestra

1. Opening scene - parents, servants

2. The Children at the Christmas Tree

3. Children's galop, entry of the guests in costumes

4. The children resume their play - entry of Drosselmayer - presentation and
dances of the mechanical dolls.
a) Waltz
b) Quick March

5. Drosselmayer and the children - Clara and the Nutcracker - Grossvatertanz

6. Dispersal of the guests - Clara reappears - the tree becomes/appears huge

7. Battle of the Toys and the Mice

8. Transformation scene - the forest of fir trees

9. Waltz of the Snowflakes.

10. Scene and opening procession

11. Scene - entry of the Prince and Clara - The Prince recounts the Battle

12. Divertissement
a) Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
b) Coffee (Arabian Dance)
c) Tea (Chinese Dance)
d) Trepak (Russian Dance)
e) Dance of the Mirlitons
f) Mother Ginger and her Polichinelles

13. Waltz of the Flowers

14. Pas de deux

a) Adagio
b) male variation
c) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
d) Coda

15. Waltz-Coda for the entire company

16. Apotheosis

This synopsis reflects the order of pieces and their numbers within the score of the original production. Other productions may re-order or interpolate music.