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The Nutcracker Ballet tells the story of a little girl named Clara who, at her family’s annual Christmas Eve party, is given a doll, a prince, by her beloved godfather, Drosselmeier. The doll is made from a nutcracker and Clara loves it so much that after everyone has gone to bed, she sneaks back down to the Christmas tree to look at it. She falls asleep and begins to dream.
In her dream she finds her Prince, the Nutcracker, who comes to save her from an army of mice and their King, who tries to kidnap her to his kingdom. The Mouse King nearly defeats the Nutcracker, but at the last moment Clara throws her shoe at the Mouse King and that is the end of him.
The Nutcracker Prince then leads Clara off to visit his palace. On the way they pass first through the magical land of the Snow Queen and her Snowflakes, and then the Land of Sweets, where they are met by the Sugar Plum Fairy, who stages a series of dances for them, ending with the Waltz of the Flowers.
But all wonderful dreams must end, and Clara awakens under her Christmas tree on Christmas morning surrounded by friends and family.
Sugar Plum Fairy
After the presenter reads the story, the Sugar Plum Fairy will dance her famous dance in a beautiful performance. The celesta, an instrument invented in 1896, gets its name for its "celestial," tinkling sound. It provides the distinctive music that accompanies the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
Creative Movements With YOUR students
Our presenter will then lead the students through creative movement exercises. Students will learn basic ballet movement and vocabulary. The program will conclude with a question answer section with our presenter and the Sugar Plum Fairy.
This is a fun and interactive storytime for all ages. Be ready to have your students dancing back to the classroom!
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TIMES:
We offer two sessions for each Vanderbilt Virtual School videoconference: one session at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one session at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME .
[There is ONE space left for the 9:00 session, and FIVE spaces left for the 10:00 session.]
COST:
The cost for a videoconference session is $75. This charge covers some of our expenses in preparing your videoconference and testing and delivering your videoconference.
FORMAT:
All videoconferences are approximately 45 minutes in length. The format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.
Hope to see you on December 2nd !
Patsy
Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
