Nutcracker Photos 1 / Living Room 1

ACT 1: LIVING ROOM SCENE

Gallery 1: Living Room	Gallery 2: Overview	Gallery 3: War	Gallery 4: Angels	Gallery 5: Snowflakes 1
Gallery 6: Snowflakes 2	Gallery 7: Palace	Gallery 8: Spanish/Arabian	Gallery 9: Flowers	Gallery 10: Grand Pas

14th Annual NUTCRACKER
December 12-16, 2001
BALLET MINNESOTA
St Paul, Minnesota
choreographer: Andrew Rist

Act 1: Living Room

Costumes: Cheryl Rist

Clara (Allison Kelly) and her friends (Shona Mosites, Kacey Hauk & Ariana Eisenbraun)
enter the party scene excited and happy to be a part of such a wonderful occasion.

The first puppet which Drosselmeyer magically brings to the Christmas party is
a small German Doll that dances with Drosselmeyer.

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The Ratheimers (Melissa Detuncq & Torrian Amie), uninvited guests, constantly disrupt the party.
Drosselmeyer's toy soldiers kick the Ratheimersas they try to disrupt the soldier dance.
At another time, the Ratheimer's give Clara an unwanted gift: a rat in a cage.

Grandmother, the friends and maids watch the goings-on at the party.

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Drosselmeyer 3rd gift of mechanical toys are the Porcelain Dolls (Tayden Kuhn, Sara Bulger
& Elena Ahman); three ballerina dolls who enterunder a splendid canopy and dance for the guests.

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Two wonderful mechanical toys which Drosselmeyer brought to the party are Harlequin (Geoff Leung)
and Columbine (Elizabeth Mussmann). The two dolls dance a pas de deux (dance for two) and then the
maid takes them away.

And finally, Drosselmeyer bought out his box of Puppets to entertain the guests

Clara & her friends listen to Drosselmeyer (Robert Cleary) as he tells them about the presents he
has brought to the party to give them.

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Mother comforts Clara after Fritz breaks the Nutcracker. But everyone gathers around as
Drosselmyer pulls out a white handkerchief to fix the broken Nutcracker.

Godfather Drosselmeyer dances with his favorite, Clara.

The O'Shaughnessy, St Paul, Minnesota
Choreographer: Andrew Rist