{"product_id":"nutcracker-nation-how-an-old-world-ballet-became-a-christmas-tradition-in-the-new-world","title":"\"Nutcracker\" Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World","description":"The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet.\nFisher traces The Nutcracker’s historyfrom its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker atits peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl’s imagination, The Nutcracker hasbecome a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300097468\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0300097468.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fisher, Jennifer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448606924858,"sku":"DBV.0300097468.A","price":17.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0300097468-0.jpg?v=1780859897","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/nutcracker-nation-how-an-old-world-ballet-became-a-christmas-tradition-in-the-new-world","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}