The Nutcracker is a ballet originally written by PyotrIlyich Tchaikovskyin 1892. The Nutcracker has 2 acts and 3 scenes. On December 18, 1892 The Nutcracker was performed for the1st time.The Nutcracker had always been performed in Russia in the Budapest Royal Opera House. However, The Nutcracker became increasingly popular. and was now performed in England as well. Ede Brada choreographed it and it was performed in England in 1934. The Nutcracker never lost its popularity. Therefore, performances of the Nutcracker were now starting in the United States United States. The first performance of the Nutcracker in the United States was in 1944. The San Francisco Ballet was privileged to be the first to perform the famous ballet and William Christensen was privileged to be the first artistic director. The Nutcracker was such a phenomenon it spread from San Francisco on the west coast to New York on the East Coast. The New York City Ballet was the first to perform the George Balanchine's Nutcracker There are a variety of instruments used in The Nutcracker. There are quite a few woodwind instruments. There are 2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 2oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons. The Nutcracker also has brass instruments. There are 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 1 tuba. In addition, The Nutcracker Ballet uses percussion instruments. They are a timpani, a triangle, castanets, a tambourine, a side drum, cymbals, bass drum, a tam-tam, and a glockenspiel. Finally, the other instruments used in the Nutcracker are a piano, 2 harps, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.Generation after generation love The Nutcracker Ballet. It has become a family tradition for many families.

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