![]() ![]() You can read the intentions and feelings, what everything looks like in detail, whereas on a stage you might miss something because you're too far away. And you know how when you read a book, it's always better than the movie?The same is true for watching a ballet and reading the book. So not only did I get to rekindle my memories of the ballet I remembered, but an entirely new fairytale was revealed to me. ![]() It was then translated by Ralph Manheim and a whole subplot "The Story of the Hard Nut" was discovered that had never been performed in the ballet. He dug up the original story of the Nutcracker written by E.T.A. I started with the Prologue for The Nutcracker written by Maurice Sendak in 1984. ![]() All of it was kind of way back in my mind. But I vaguely remembered bits and pieces of it. It was A BIG DEAL! And I haven't seen it since I was a little girl. But schools used to go on field trips to see it I remember. I don't remember how old I was, maybe when I stopped believing in Santa? Maybe later. It was such a tradition I can't remember not going, but at some point I stopped going. I went to the Nutcracker Ballet every year as a little girl. ![]()
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