[Nfb-greeley] nutcthe nut cracker scenes

[melissa R green]

this is what will be portrayed in the ballet.
Act I

Scene 1: The Silberhaus Home

It is Christmas Eve. Family and friends have gathered in the parlor to 
decorate the beautiful Christmas tree in preparation for the night's 
festivities. Once the tree is finished, the younger children are sent for. 
The children stand in awe of the tree sparkling with candles and 
decorations.

The festivities begin. A march is played. Presents are given out to the 
children. Suddenly, as the owl-topped clock strikes eight, a mysterious 
figure enters the room. It is Herr Drosselmeyer, a local councilman, 
magician, and Clara and Fritz's godfather. He is also a talented toymaker 
who has brought with him gifts for the children, including four lifelike 
dolls who dance to the delight of all. Drosselmeyer then has the precious 
dolls put away for safekeeping.

Clara and Fritz are sad to see the dolls taken away, but Drosselmeyer has 
yet another toy for them: a wooden nutcracker carved in the shape of a 
little man, used for cracking hazelnuts. The other children ignore it, but 
Clara immediately takes a liking to it. Fritz, however, purposely breaks the 
toy. Clara is heartbroken.

During the night, after everyone else has gone to bed, Clara returns to the 
parlor to check on her beloved nutcracker. As she reaches the little bed, 
the clock strikes midnight and she looks up to see Drosselmeyer perched atop 
the clock in place of the owl. Suddenly, mice begin to fill the room and the 
Christmas tree begins to grow to dizzying heights. The Nutcracker also grows 
to life-size. Clara finds herself in the midst of a battle between an army 
of Gingerbread man soldiers and the mice, led by the Mouse King. The mice 
begin to eat the gingerbread soldiers.

The Nutcracker appears to lead the gingerbread soldiers, who are joined by 
tin soldiers and dolls who serve as doctors to carry away the wounded. As 
the Mouse King advances on the still-wounded Nutcracker, Clara throws her 
slipper at him, distracting him long enough for the Nutcracker to stab him.

Scene 2: A Pine Forest

The mice retreat and the Nutcracker is transformed into a handsome Prince. 
He leads Clara through the moonlit night to a pine forest in which the 
snowflakes dance around them.

Act II

Scene 1: The Land of Sweets

Clara and the Prince travel in a nutshell boat pulled by dolphins to the 
beautiful Land of Sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Prince's 
place until his return. The Prince recounts for the Sugar Plum Fairy how he 
had been saved by Clara from the Mouse King and had been transformed back 
into a Prince.

In honor of the young heroine, a celebration of sweets from around the world 
is produced: chocolate from Spain, coffee from Arabia, and tea from China 
all dance for their amusement; candy canes from Russia; Danish shepherdesses 
perform on their flutes; Mother Gigogne has her children emerge from under 
her enormous skirt to dance; a string of beautiful flowers perform a waltz. 
To conclude the night, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier perform a 
dance.

A final waltz is performed by all the sweets, after which Clara and the 
Prince are crowned rulers of The Land of Sweets. Soon, however, the people 
of the land of the sweets begin to disappear one by one, until the 
Nutcracker Prince himself disappears, and Clara is found sleeping in the 
parlor. The Nutcracker Doll is under the Christmas tree. Clara awakes, 
thinking it was all a dream, but then finds her crown sitting beside her, 
leading to question, was it a dream? She walks to the Christmas tree and 
takes her Nutcracker, going back to sleep

Many blessings,
melissa and Pj
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and 
you know what you want. 
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