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Nutcracker: The Set
The ballet opens in the famous Mtatsminda Park in Tblisi. There is an open space for playing and skating in front of many of the town’s buildings. The ones at the front are fully visible, many with domes on their roofs and behind them are the peaked roofs of other buildings. All of the buildings are highlighted in white and centre stage is a schematic Christmas Tree, just the shape of one, picked out with lights.
The set next changes to the Dadiani’s sitting room. Behind everything is an enormous window which reveals a midnight blue sky between brown window frames. One pf the panes of glass is illuminated with flashing white Christmas lights from time to time. In the centre of the stage is an enormous Christmas tree, decorated with lights and ornaments. A golden star shines down from its pinnacle. To right and left of the stage are room divider screens, outlined in grey and grey twisted pillars which reach tall to the ceiling. One of the right-hand screens has a clock mounted on it and the other, also on the right has a picture. Later a folding screen is brought on and opened out at the base of the Christmas tree obscuring its bottom branches.
In Drosselmeyer Park large fir trees bedecked with snow cluster around houses whose ridged roofs are topped with snow. The small house on the left is cosy, shining an orange light from its windows. In the centre of the park stands an enormous, rounded snowman, complete with hats, scarf and carrot nose.
Barbare then journeys through the land of snow where innumerable clustered houses with lighted windows form the backdrop, while to right and left two enormous snow- covered fir trees stand tall. There are large golden stars shining in the sky.
The backdrop for the land of sweets is composed of fairy tale building in fabulous curving shapes in paste shades of green, purple, pink and brown. They have rounded sides and domes for roofs and to the right at ground level a small open pavilion is depicted. Dead centre is an enormous Christmas Tree covered in sweets, ice creams, and cup cakes. There’s a smiling sun with shining rays atop the tree and dark clouds drift in the sky above. A couple of bees hover over the scene and on either side are low lying benches for the corps de ballet to sit on from time to time.
The Cast
BARBARE – The young girl who receives a Nutcracker doll for Christmas is played by either
NINO KHAKHUTASHVILI or SESILI GUGUCHIA Both are slender with long slim legs and expressive faces. They wear a calf length white floaty dress with short sleeves while a bodice in stiffer fabric reaches just to her hips.
The part of THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE, the doll who comes to life and leads Barbara through her adventures, is played by either KAITO HOSOYA or JOSHUA NUNAMAIKER . His costume is that of a 19th Century soldier with a stiff red cap over a mask-like face, resembling a skull. It’s pure white with dark sockets for eyes and a large empty black hole for a mouth. He wears a fitted, hip-length blue tunic with red and white piping across the breast, above the waist, blue long sleeves trimmed with red and white at the cuffs, red tights and knee length black boots. He carries a sword.
DROSSELMEYER-Barbare’s eccentric Godfather, a Magician played by GABRIEL STOYANOV is a slender figure with a shock of dark hair and first appears in a swirling purple cloak over pink stockings, blue pantaloons and a red cut away tail coat with a white lace jabot at the neck which is his habitual costume.
LEVAN – Barbare’s mischievous brother is played by NINO TSKHVEDIANI. He has a slender body with sparkling eyes and wears a knee length scarlet tunic trimmed with gold down the opening, on the pockets and at the belt. He wears knee length black boots over black leggings.
MR. DADIANI- Barbare’s father is played by NIKOLOZ KOBAKHIDZE. He is a relatively tall figure and wears a sombre dark grey long coat.
MRS. DADIANI—Barbare’s mother is played by either ANNA MODEBADZE or TATA DJASHIASHVILI. Both are relatively tall and slender and wear a belted long purple gown over a white under-dress which appears at the hem. She sports a white veil as a headdress.
MECHANICAL DOLLS
COLOMBINA MARGARITA played by SIDORKINA NINA TAVDGIRIDZE or SOPHIA TSINTSADZE. The costume worn by Columbina is a tight-fitting boat necked top, cream on one side of the body and mustard on the other. Under this is a short stiff net tutu revealing her long legs. It is dotted with embroidered flowers and she wears a flower in her hair.
ARLEQUINE is played by MICHELE MAPLE or AOI TAKAKHASHI. He wears a jerkin, cream on one side, mustard on the other. One long sleeve is cream, the other mustard and he wears a parti coloured ruff at his neck. Underneath the jerkin his cream tights display his muscular legs.
THE MOUSE KING – A fierce antagonist who leads his army of mice to battle the Nutcracker
is played by DAVID SANTOS ROCHA or MELOR JORJOLIANI. The mouse king wears a mouse costume but over it, a magnificent swirling cloak of purple lined with shimmering gold silk. He wears a crown on his head.
DANCERS OF VARIOUS LANDS
The Spanish dancers are played by ELENE GAGANIDZE, DAVID SANTOS ROCHA or MELOR JORJOLIANI. The woman wears a bright pink low cut sleeveless bodice with a semi-stiff, floaty calf-length maroon skirt beneath. The man sports a tight grey bodice with maroon trim and long maroon sleeves. He has grey knee length leggings with maroon socks underneath and he wears a maroon hat.
The dancers from Arabia EKATERINE MAKHACHASHVILI SOPHIA TSINTSADZE GEORGE BESTAVASHVILI are dressed in purple. The woman has a bright purple short bodice with long purple sleeves, cut off under the bust to show her stomach. Beneath the revealed flesh she has a very short flimsy skirt, just covering her bottom, but the long loose harem pants ensure she is quite decent. The man wears a darker shade of purple. He has a tight bodice with long loose sleeves, and deep purple loose pantaloons. Both outfits are trimmed with sparkly silver. They are joined by four other dancers who wear floor length purple skirts with tight low cut sleeveless bodices. The dresses are slit at the side to reveal soft pink underskirts. The four dancers carry translucent white scarves which they use in their dance.
The dancers from Russia are MARI LOMDJARIA TATA DJASHIASHVILI LUKA GEDEKHAURI. They wear Cossack style hip length red tunics with a gold panel in the front and long loose red sleeves. The tunic is worn over black leggings, tucked into knee length black boots. They wear Cossack style fur hats. The woman wears a tight red bodice with short sleeves over a knee length white frilly skirt trimmed with red. She sports a glittering tiara on her head.
The Chinese dancers are RIO TAKAHASHI, NINA TAVDGIRIDZE, AOI TAKAHASHI or NIKOLOZ PEIKRISHVILI. They wear iconic pointed coolie hats on their heads and their outfits are in orange and grey. The woman wears a tight grey bodice with grey and orange long sleeves a very stiff grey and orange short tutu and tight pants with a stiff flare in grey and orange at the ankle. The man wears a thigh length loose tunic, the top in grey, the lower half in orange with long grey and orange sleeves. Beneath the bodice he wears the same tight pants as the woman with their characteristic stiff flare at the ankle.
MARGARITA SIDORKINA BARBARE DZVABAVA SOPHIA TSINTSADZE MICHEL MAPLE between them are the French dancers. They wear subtle soft grey, blue and white costumes. The women are in classic short, stiff ballet tutus, pale blue with a white frill at the hem and a tight sleeveless bodice in plain blue. The man wears a darker almost grey bodice, trimmed with white with long white loose sleeves. He wears pale grey knee length leggings over white knee length socks. They all wear white caps.
THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY – The benevolent ruler of the land of the sweets is played by NINO SAMADSHVILI or MARIAM ElOSHVILI or ANASTASIIA MATVIENKO. She wears a costume with a classic low cut sleeveless tight fitting bodice with the thigh length stiff ballet tutu in soft pink, decorated with darker pink sparkling plums. Her long bare arms have armlets in pink above the elbow.
THE CAVALIER – The Sugar Plum Fairy’s partner MASAAKI GOTO FILIPPO MONTTANARI wears a tight bodice top in pale pink and long loose sleeves, with white tights underneath, revealing the entirety of his muscular legs
The Corps de Ballet is formed of artists of the State Ballet of Georgia. They perform a number of different roles and are dressed in fabulous costumes to emphasise the parts they play.
At the very start of the ballet the scene opens on a number of children playing in Drosselmeyer Park. The children wear a variety of 19th Century clothes; frock coats, and pantaloons or caped coats over dresses. The adult men wear long 19th Century styled coats, while the women wear long and short capes over long dresses with floating head dresses. When the scene transforms to the indoor party a variety of brightly coloured party outfits are revealed; long dresses for the women and frock coats with waistcoats for the men, with the children in shorter dresses or pantaloons.
MICE
The mice wear grey furry tops over grey pantaloons tucked into black boots. They wear mouse masks with mouse ears and long swinging mouse tails.
The SOLDIERS
Boys appear in white shirts and breeches, brandishing swords
The soldiers wear red tunics over stiff purple pantaloons with white tights and black boots. They wear black caps on their heads and all carry swords.
SNOWFLAKES
The snowflakes wear low cut tight white bodices with bare arms and short stiff white sparkling tutus over flesh-coloured tights. They carry two large snowflakes between them.
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY’S ATTENDANTS
The attendants wear outfits in a soft pink, with form-hugging low cut sleeveless bodices with floor length floating full tulle skirts.
Artists of the State Ballet of Georgia
The ballet opens in the famous Mtatsminda Park in Tblisi. There is an open space for playing and skating in front of many of the town’s buildings. The ones at the front are fully visible, many with domes on their roofs and behind them are the peaked roofs of other buildings. All of the buildings are highlighted in white and centre stage is a schematic Christmas Tree, just the shape of one, picked out with lights.
The set next changes to the Dadiani’s sitting room. Behind everything is an enormous window which reveals a midnight blue sky between brown window frames. One pf the panes of glass is illuminated with flashing white Christmas lights from time to time. In the centre of the stage is an enormous Christmas tree, decorated with lights and ornaments. A golden star shines down from its pinnacle. To right and left of the stage are room divider screens, outlined in grey and grey twisted pillars which reach tall to the ceiling. One of the right-hand screens has a clock mounted on it and the other, also on the right has a picture. Later a folding screen is brought on and opened out at the base of the Christmas tree obscuring its bottom branches.
In Drosselmeyer Park large fir trees bedecked with snow cluster around houses whose ridged roofs are topped with snow. The small house on the left is cosy, shining an orange light from its windows. In the centre of the park stands an enormous, rounded snowman, complete with hats, scarf and carrot nose.
Barbare then journeys through the land of snow where innumerable clustered houses with lighted windows form the backdrop, while to right and left two enormous snow- covered fir trees stand tall. There are large golden stars shining in the sky.
The backdrop for the land of sweets is composed of fairy tale building in fabulous curving shapes in paste shades of green, purple, pink and brown. They have rounded sides and domes for roofs and to the right at ground level a small open pavilion is depicted. Dead centre is an enormous Christmas Tree covered in sweets, ice creams, and cup cakes. There’s a smiling sun with shining rays atop the tree and dark clouds drift in the sky above. A couple of bees hover over the scene and on either side are low lying benches for the corps de ballet to sit on from time to time.
The Cast
BARBARE – The young girl who receives a Nutcracker doll for Christmas is played by either
NINO KHAKHUTASHVILI or SESILI GUGUCHIA Both are slender with long slim legs and expressive faces. They wear a calf length white floaty dress with short sleeves while a bodice in stiffer fabric reaches just to her hips.
The part of THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE, the doll who comes to life and leads Barbara through her adventures, is played by either KAITO HOSOYA or JOSHUA NUNAMAIKER . His costume is that of a 19th Century soldier with a stiff red cap over a mask-like face, resembling a skull. It’s pure white with dark sockets for eyes and a large empty black hole for a mouth. He wears a fitted, hip-length blue tunic with red and white piping across the breast, above the waist, blue long sleeves trimmed with red and white at the cuffs, red tights and knee length black boots. He carries a sword.
DROSSELMEYER-Barbare’s eccentric Godfather, a Magician played by GABRIEL STOYANOV is a slender figure with a shock of dark hair and first appears in a swirling purple cloak over pink stockings, blue pantaloons and a red cut away tail coat with a white lace jabot at the neck which is his habitual costume.
LEVAN – Barbare’s mischievous brother is played by NINO TSKHVEDIANI. He has a slender body with sparkling eyes and wears a knee length scarlet tunic trimmed with gold down the opening, on the pockets and at the belt. He wears knee length black boots over black leggings.
MR. DADIANI- Barbare’s father is played by NIKOLOZ KOBAKHIDZE. He is a relatively tall figure and wears a sombre dark grey long coat.
MRS. DADIANI—Barbare’s mother is played by either ANNA MODEBADZE or TATA DJASHIASHVILI. Both are relatively tall and slender and wear a belted long purple gown over a white under-dress which appears at the hem. She sports a white veil as a headdress.
MECHANICAL DOLLS
COLOMBINA MARGARITA played by SIDORKINA NINA TAVDGIRIDZE or SOPHIA TSINTSADZE. The costume worn by Columbina is a tight-fitting boat necked top, cream on one side of the body and mustard on the other. Under this is a short stiff net tutu revealing her long legs. It is dotted with embroidered flowers and she wears a flower in her hair.
ARLEQUINE is played by MICHELE MAPLE or AOI TAKAKHASHI. He wears a jerkin, cream on one side, mustard on the other. One long sleeve is cream, the other mustard and he wears a parti coloured ruff at his neck. Underneath the jerkin his cream tights display his muscular legs.
THE MOUSE KING – A fierce antagonist who leads his army of mice to battle the Nutcracker
is played by DAVID SANTOS ROCHA or MELOR JORJOLIANI. The mouse king wears a mouse costume but over it, a magnificent swirling cloak of purple lined with shimmering gold silk. He wears a crown on his head.
DANCERS OF VARIOUS LANDS
The Spanish dancers are played by ELENE GAGANIDZE, DAVID SANTOS ROCHA or MELOR JORJOLIANI. The woman wears a bright pink low cut sleeveless bodice with a semi-stiff, floaty calf-length maroon skirt beneath. The man sports a tight grey bodice with maroon trim and long maroon sleeves. He has grey knee length leggings with maroon socks underneath and he wears a maroon hat.
The dancers from Arabia EKATERINE MAKHACHASHVILI SOPHIA TSINTSADZE GEORGE BESTAVASHVILI are dressed in purple. The woman has a bright purple short bodice with long purple sleeves, cut off under the bust to show her stomach. Beneath the revealed flesh she has a very short flimsy skirt, just covering her bottom, but the long loose harem pants ensure she is quite decent. The man wears a darker shade of purple. He has a tight bodice with long loose sleeves, and deep purple loose pantaloons. Both outfits are trimmed with sparkly silver. They are joined by four other dancers who wear floor length purple skirts with tight low cut sleeveless bodices. The dresses are slit at the side to reveal soft pink underskirts. The four dancers carry translucent white scarves which they use in their dance.
The dancers from Russia are MARI LOMDJARIA TATA DJASHIASHVILI LUKA GEDEKHAURI. They wear Cossack style hip length red tunics with a gold panel in the front and long loose red sleeves. The tunic is worn over black leggings, tucked into knee length black boots. They wear Cossack style fur hats. The woman wears a tight red bodice with short sleeves over a knee length white frilly skirt trimmed with red. She sports a glittering tiara on her head.
The Chinese dancers are RIO TAKAHASHI, NINA TAVDGIRIDZE, AOI TAKAHASHI or NIKOLOZ PEIKRISHVILI. They wear iconic pointed coolie hats on their heads and their outfits are in orange and grey. The woman wears a tight grey bodice with grey and orange long sleeves a very stiff grey and orange short tutu and tight pants with a stiff flare in grey and orange at the ankle. The man wears a thigh length loose tunic, the top in grey, the lower half in orange with long grey and orange sleeves. Beneath the bodice he wears the same tight pants as the woman with their characteristic stiff flare at the ankle.
MARGARITA SIDORKINA BARBARE DZVABAVA SOPHIA TSINTSADZE MICHEL MAPLE between them are the French dancers. They wear subtle soft grey, blue and white costumes. The women are in classic short, stiff ballet tutus, pale blue with a white frill at the hem and a tight sleeveless bodice in plain blue. The man wears a darker almost grey bodice, trimmed with white with long white loose sleeves. He wears pale grey knee length leggings over white knee length socks. They all wear white caps.
THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY – The benevolent ruler of the land of the sweets is played by NINO SAMADSHVILI or MARIAM ElOSHVILI or ANASTASIIA MATVIENKO. She wears a costume with a classic low cut sleeveless tight fitting bodice with the thigh length stiff ballet tutu in soft pink, decorated with darker pink sparkling plums. Her long bare arms have armlets in pink above the elbow.
THE CAVALIER – The Sugar Plum Fairy’s partner MASAAKI GOTO FILIPPO MONTTANARI wears a tight bodice top in pale pink and long loose sleeves, with white tights underneath, revealing the entirety of his muscular legs
The Corps de Ballet is formed of artists of the State Ballet of Georgia. They perform a number of different roles and are dressed in fabulous costumes to emphasise the parts they play.
At the very start of the ballet the scene opens on a number of children playing in Drosselmeyer Park. The children wear a variety of 19th Century clothes; frock coats, and pantaloons or caped coats over dresses. The adult men wear long 19th Century styled coats, while the women wear long and short capes over long dresses with floating head dresses. When the scene transforms to the indoor party a variety of brightly coloured party outfits are revealed; long dresses for the women and frock coats with waistcoats for the men, with the children in shorter dresses or pantaloons.
MICE
The mice wear grey furry tops over grey pantaloons tucked into black boots. They wear mouse masks with mouse ears and long swinging mouse tails.
The SOLDIERS
Boys appear in white shirts and breeches, brandishing swords
The soldiers wear red tunics over stiff purple pantaloons with white tights and black boots. They wear black caps on their heads and all carry swords.
SNOWFLAKES
The snowflakes wear low cut tight white bodices with bare arms and short stiff white sparkling tutus over flesh-coloured tights. They carry two large snowflakes between them.
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY’S ATTENDANTS
The attendants wear outfits in a soft pink, with form-hugging low cut sleeveless bodices with floor length floating full tulle skirts.
Artists of the State Ballet of Georgia
