Repertoire
The Nutcracker
Ballet in two acts.
- World premiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza: at Baluarte, Pamplona (Spain), October 26th 2018
Consciousness and unconsciousness go together hand in hand in this new production of The Nutcracker. Here, the CND embraces the worlds of childhood and adulthood as if they were communicating vessels in which reality and fantasy mix intimately. The narrative is based on Marius Petipa’s libretto—in turn inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ adaptation of the fairytale penned by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. All conspires in this new performance to transport us to a magical universe bursting with dreams, longing and fantasy.
“After eight years’ work and following the success of ‘Don Quixote’—our first classical production for 25 years—the CND once again stages a great ballet classic: ‘The Nutcracker’. Based on Marius Petipa’s libretto—in turn inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairytale, adapted by Alexandre Dumas—the story thrills both adults and children alike, as it floats between two worlds: dreamland and reality, consciousness and unconsciousness, childhood and adulthood. We have staged the action in 1910. The period highlights the contrast between the bourgeois realism of a family party and the imaginary world of Clara, where her wishes and fears run amok, amidst fantasy imagery; at times wonderful; at times disturbing. This fine line between reality and fantasy itself expands into a magical universe in which we travel through the memories of our own stories.”
-José Carlos Martínez
Información
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Choreography:José Carlos Martínez
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Music:Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
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Set Design:Mónica Boromello
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Costume Design:Iñaki Cobos
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Lighting Design:Olga García Sánchez
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Director of magical illusions:Manu Vera
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Characterisation, Makeup and Wigs::Lou Valérie Dubuis
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Additional choreography:Act II Spanish dance by Antonio Pérez Rodríguez
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Stage Design assistant:Marta Guedán
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Prosthesis and Mouse characterisation:Jorge Poza
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Hats:Sombrerería Medrano
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Crowns, headgear y complements:Cobos Vestuario Escénico, Milos Patiño
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Dyes and ambients:María Calderón
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Shoes:Maty
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Dolls:Mª Cruz Tudela
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Scenography construction:Scnik Móvil, S.A.
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Painted curtain laces:Pintura y Modelado Escénico, S.L.
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Properties and atrezzo:Utilería-Atrezzo, S.L.
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Scenic textile:Tossal Producciones, S.L.
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Running time:1h 30 minutes
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Premiere cast:Cristina Casa (Clara), Alessandro Riga (Nutcracker), Ion Aguirretxe (Drosselmeyer), Haruhi Otani (Sugar Fairy), Ángel García Molinero (Prince). Act I: Iván Sánchez (Mrs. Stahlbaum), Elisabeth Biosca (Mrs. Stahlbaum), Juan José Carazo (Fritz), Giulia Paris (Louise), Roberto Sánchez (Military uncle), Giada Rossi (Mrs. Eleonor), Julia Marsellá ( Sofía), Belén Cordero (Teresa), Niccolo Balossini (Nicolás), Ana Pérez Nievas (Aunt Mili), Sara Khatiboun (Brigett), Alba Pegenaute (Esther), Rodrigo Sanz (Uncle Eduard), Clara Maroto (Aunt Eduard), Daniella Oropesa (Mariana), Javier Mañu (Robert), José Antonio Beguiristain (Grandfather), Eva Pérez (Grandmother), Marcos Montes (Uncle Jeffrey), Irene Ureña (Victoria), Bedats Ortíz de Barrón (Emeth), Pauline Perraut (Brenda) , Martía Muñoz (Ágata), Laura Pérez Hierro (Antoinette), Álvaro Madrigal (Fernand), Miquel Lozano (Michael), Jesse Inglis (Pianist), Shani Peretz (Nanny), Tamara Juárez (Maid), Cristian Lardiez (Butler), Lucie Barthélémy (Colombina), Benjamin Poirier (Harlequin), Rebecca Connor (Queen of the Rats), Álvaro Madrigal, Juan José Carazo, Erez Ilan, Niccolo Balossini, Iker Rodriguez, Milos Patiño, Miquel Lozano (Mice), Iván Sánchez, Roberto Sánchez, Rodrigo Sanz, Marcos Montes, Benjamin Poirier, Cristian Lozano, Jesse Inglis (Soldiers), Lucie Barthélémy, Natalia Muñoz, Aída Badía, Ana Pérez-Nievas, Giada Rossi, Haruhi Otani (Snow Queens), Laura Pérez Hierro, Daniella Oropesa, Giulia Paris, Irene Ureña, Sara Khatiboun, Charlotte Lamotte, Tamara Juarez, María Muñoz, Helena Balla, Pauline Perraut, Shani Peretz, Sara Lorés (Snowflakes) Act II: Spanish Dance: Aida Badía, Natalia Muñoz, Helena Balla, Niccolo Balossini, Álvaro Madrigal, Benjamin Poirier; Arabic Dance: Erez Ilan, Sara Fernández, Elisabet Biosca, Shani Peretz, Tamara Juárez, Irene Ureña; Chinese Dance: Giulia Paris, Milos Patiño, Iker Rodríguez; Russian Dance: Anthony Pina, Miquel Lozano, Juan José Carazo; The Pastoral: Lucie Barthélémy, Yanier Gómez; Waltz of the flowers: Sara Khatiboun, Giada Rossi, Ana Pérez-Nievas, Clara Maroto, Sara Lorés, María Muñoz, Shani Peretz, Daniella Oropesa, Laura Pérez Hierro, Pauline Perraut, Charlotte Lamotte, Jesse Inglis, Marcos Montes, Cristian Lozano, Iván Sánchez, Roberto Sánchez, Rodrigo Sanz
