Nutcracker

One of the most popular in the world of classical ballets — the story of a girl who, thanks to a star toy, the nutcracker, wanders through a fairytale wonderland, where everything is possible, as in a dream... The tale of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” was written in 1816 by the German poet, writer, musician and painter E.T.A. Hoffmann in one person. Her French adaptation of the pen of Alexander Dumas-father inspired the creators at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. The ballet shape of the fairy tale was created in the imagination of the father of the Russian dance school Marius Petipa, the composition of the music was entrusted to Pyotr Tchaikovsky, after the success of his “Sleeping Beauty”, also in the arrangement of the famous choreographer. The premiere of “Grandfather” took place in 1892.

Tchaikovsky's beautiful, effective music became an inspiration for subsequent generations of ballet artists. The creator of our performance is Emil Wesołowski, an outstanding Polish choreographer, who has been associated with the Teatr Wielki Opéra Narodowa for 30 years as a dancer, ballet director and author of performances. The fairytale worlds will be led by a painter, using contemporary techniques of composing paintings by Marek Grabowski's scenography, and tailoring studios have sewn nearly two hundred fabulous costumes, designed by Maria Balcerek with a fantasy characteristic of her poetry. Dances by the Krakow Opera Ballet. The show is addressed to both children and adults.