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3 months ago Share White Swan Academy is bringing the holiday spirit with a free performance of The Nutcracker in downtown Windermere Saturday, Dec. 19. In 1892, one of the world’s most famous ballet productions premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia: “The Nutcracker.” Based off E.T.A. Hoffman’s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov — and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — brought to life the two-part ballet that has become a staple of the holiday season all over the world, and Windermere is no exception. White ...

Last modified on Mon 14 Dec 2020 08.48 EST To the ballet then, while we can. As London waits to find out whether it will be moved into tier 3, theatregoers rush to enjoy traditional Christmas treats, like escaping into the warm fireside glow of the Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker. Peter Wright’s 1984 production, modelled on Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet, is a gorgeous spectacle. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s snowy 19th-century designs bring to life pre-Raphaelite angels, vintage toys and a sugarspun palace of delicate sparkle. This is a necessarily adjusted experience, the audience reduced,...