The Christmas ballet *The Nutcracker* returns, reimagined by choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti to Tchaikovsky’s famous score. The award-winning MM Contemporary Dance Company, directed by Michele Merola, brings this choreographic tale to life.
Lo schiaccianoci
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij / Mauro Bigonzetti / MM Contemporary Dance Company
© LAC - Foto Luca Del Pia
1 hour 50 minutes
Act I: 45’
Intermission:
20’
Act II: 45’
Lo schiaccianoci
Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij / Mauro Bigonzetti / MM Contemporary Dance Company
© LAC - Foto Luca Del Pia
1 hour 50 minutes
Act I: 45’
Intermission:
20’
Act II: 45’
A captivating ballet that, by retracing the story of Drosselmeier, Clara, Fritz, and the Prince, invites the audience to lose themselves in the world of their own imagination. Amid references to Hoffmann’s original tale, 3D stage designs, and a physical language that intertwines reality and fantasy, the young Clara embarks on a symbolic journey marking her transition from childhood to adulthood, in an atmosphere suspended between dream and wonder.
In this production, Bigonzetti—former director of Aterballetto and the Corps de Ballet of La Scala in Milan—harnesses the full evocative power of movement and music, which, transcending all forms of language, create a narrative flow that immerses us in the story, overcoming generational differences and varying modes of perception.
Thanks to sets composed of three-dimensional images and costumes without a specific temporal setting, this *Nutcracker* takes shape in an unreal environment, in harmony with contemporary technological aesthetics. Here, our perception of the flow of images is thwarted by optical illusions, and the constant interplay and overlapping of reality and fantasy seem to generate a sort of electronic short circuit.
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