Ballets by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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Danse de la Fée-Dragée (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) is the third pas de deux in Act II | |
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Act I
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Scene | No. | English title | French title | Russian title | Tempo indication | Notes |
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Act I | ||||||
Miniature Overture | Ouverture miniature | Увертюра | Allegro giusto | |||
Tableau I | 1 | Scene (The Christmas Tree) | Scène (L'arbre de Noël) | Сцена (Сцена украшения и зажигания ёлки) | Allegro non troppo – Più moderato – Allegro vivace | scene of decorating and lighting the Christmas tree |
2 | March (also March of the Toy Soldiers) | Marche | Марш | Tempo di marcia viva | ||
3 | Children's Gallop and Dance of the Parents | Petit galop des enfants et Entrée des parents | Детский галоп и вход (танец) родителей | Presto – Andante – Allegro | ||
4 | Dance Scene (Arrival of Drosselmeyer) | Scène dansante | Сцена с танцами | Andantino – Allegro vivo – Andantino sostenuto – Più andante – Allegro molto vivace – Tempo di Valse – Presto | Drosselmeyer's arrival and distribution of presents | |
5 | Scene and Grandfather Waltz | Scène et danse du Gross-Vater | Сцена и танец Гросфатер | Andante – Andantino – Moderato assai – Andante – L'istesso tempo – Tempo di Gross-Vater – Allegro vivacissimo | ||
6 | Scene (Clara and the Nutcracker) | Scène | Сцена | Allegro semplice – Moderato con moto – Allegro giusto – Più allegro – Moderato assai | departure of the guests | |
7 | Scene (The Battle) | Scène | Сцена | Allegro vivo | ||
Tableau II | 8 | Scene (A Pine Forest in Winter) | Scène | Сцена | Andante | a.k.a. 'Journey through the Snow' |
9 | Waltz of the Snowflakes | Valse des flocons de neige | Вальс снежных хлопьев | Tempo di Valse, ma con moto – Presto | ||
Act II | ||||||
Tableau III | 10 | Scene (The Magic Castle in the Land of Sweets) | Scène | Сцена | Andante | introduction |
11 | Scene (Clara and Nutcracker Prince) | Scène | Сцена | Andante con moto – Moderato – Allegro agitato – Poco più allegro – Tempo precedente | arrival of Clara and the Prince | |
12 | Divertissement | Divertissement | Дивертисмент | |||
a. Chocolate (Spanish Dance) | a. Le chocolat (Danse espagnole) | a. Шоколад (Испанский танец) | Allegro brillante | |||
b. Coffee (Arabian Dance) | b. Le café (Danse arabe) | b. Кофе (Арабский танец) | Commodo | |||
c. Tea (Chinese Dance) | c. Le thé (Danse chinoise) | c. Чай (Китайский танец) | Allegro moderato | |||
d. Trepak (Russian Dance) | d. Trépak (Danse russe) | d. Трепак (Русский танец) | Tempo di Trepak, Presto | |||
e. Dance of the Reed Flutes | e. Les Mirlitons (Danse des Mirlitons) | e. Танец пастушков (Датский марципан)[41] | Andantino | |||
f. Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles | f. La mère Gigogne et les polichinelles | f. Полишинели | Allegro giocoso – Andante – Allegro vivo | |||
13 | Waltz of the Flowers | Valse des fleurs | Вальс цветов | Tempo di Valse | ||
14 | Pas de Deux | Pas de deux | Па-де-дё | |||
a. Intrada (Sugar Plum Fairy and Her Cavalier) | a. La Fée-Dragée et le Prince Orgeat | a. Танец принца Оршада и Феи Драже | Andante maestoso | |||
b. Variation I: Tarantella | b. Variation I: Tarantelle (Pour le danseur) | b. Вариация I: Тарантелла | Tempo di Tarantella | |||
c. Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy | c. Variation II: Danse de la Fée-Dragée (Pour la danseuse) | c. Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже | Andante ma non troppo – Presto | |||
d. Coda | d. Coda | d. Кода | Vivace assai | |||
15 | Final Waltz and Apotheosis | Valse finale et Apothéose | Финальный вальс и Апофеоз | Tempo di Valse – Molto meno |
The second title is 'Датский марципан' – Danish marzipan. In Grigorovich version for Bolshoi Theatre the idea of Europe is represented by dance with a marzipan sheep on wheels
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