The Nutcracker is a ballet fairy tale originally premiered on 1892, featuring music by Tchaikovsky –genius of art who would die on the next year–, with original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, with a libretto by Iván Vsevolozhsky and the aforementioned Petipa, on the basis of the adaptation made by Alejandro Dumas (father), of the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by the also unforgettable Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.

In Christmas Eve, Clara receives from her godfather, the toymaker Drosselmeyer, a doll with the figure of a nutcracker. The little girl adores her new toy, while her family sleeps, she returns to the living room looking for it, but her dear toy isn’t the only thing in that room, where a night full of sweet magic and adventure starts.

Far Alonso Ballet Company