Friday, December 18, at 6:30 pm
Free and open to the public
The Nutcracker is a tradition that sets the tone for every holiday season. Ballet companies all over the world present their versions of the story. Child and adult audiences alike love it as it develops between the worlds of ordinary and magical and connects through the world of toys, sweets and children’s imagination.
Join ballerina and classical ballet historian, Irina Wunder, in exploring this timeless tale of youthful dream, romantic love and spellbinding fantasy from the historical as well as modern perspectives. Through commentary and film, Ms. Wunder will guide participants through the Bolshoi Ballet's version of the Nutcracker choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich in 1966. The Bolshoi’s Nutcracker is still the only production that is so deeply rooted in the concepts of German Romanticism, mysticism and eternal love. IRINA WUNDER
Irina Wunder received her classical training in Turkmenistan, then a republic of the former Soviet Union. She performed with the Republic’s Theater of Opera and Ballet and was a guest artist with the Ballet Nacional del Peru. Ms. Wunder holds a Master’s degree from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (London, UK), specializing in methodology and optimal practices of performing artists. Ms. Wunder is on the faculty of the Department of Theater and Dance at George Washington University; The Kirov Academy in Washington DC; Department of Performing Arts at American University; and The Washington School of Ballet.
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