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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Snowflakes

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Published 18 Oct 2019

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Snowflakes New York City Ballet Facebook: facebook.com/CmajorEntertainment Twitter: twitter.com/CmajorEnt1 Cmajor Shop: www.shop.cmajor-entertainment.com/

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@nobody__cares2 years ago Is no one going to talk about the orchestra? They literally held this whole production together. One mess up and the whole thing wouldve fallen apart. Massive respect to them- 1733
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@AuroraBoarder13 years ago Tchaikovsky was pure genius in the way he set up the instruments for this piece. It sounds exactly how falling snow looks! 2479
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@alaynahollist8925 years ago I was a snowflake when i was 13, and three days before opening night, i fell and got a pinched nerve in my lower back. I was too afraid to tell anyone . ...Expand 2439
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@serenevil5 years ago Kudos to them for not tripping in the snow. I was in my city' s production and the soloist who played queen of snowflakes fell hard. It' s dangerous out there. And this choreography is cardio heavy too. 1771
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@rachelclapshaw89185 years ago I want to be a snowflake, there is something magical about watching it, i want to be part of it. 1874
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@kalamaki772 years ago This is the exact moment when everything is pure perfection. Music, orchestra, costumes, choreography. This is my favourite choreography of the waltz of i' ve watched it for so many times, and it almost always makes me cry about its perfect beauty.
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@lizziewalker93744 years ago Waltz of the snowflakes is one of my absolute favorites in the nutcracker. The urgency, the joy, the magical ethereal display always makes me feel transported . ...Expand 192
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@tabacyanis61244 years ago Boys
me and the girls in the bathroom: 1080
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@lorenzpehlingjr.59225 years ago First of all i am an old man of 74 and this takes my breath away, the music is beyond belief and so very beautiful then such spectacular dancing. And finally . ...Expand 224
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@hibasobh4 years ago The balanchine production (the music, the costumes, the dancing) it all makes me feel as if though i have been taken to a magical place. 205
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@marisa73075 years ago I' m so happy to be able to perform as a snowflake this year! 476
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@nicolecrawford63475 years ago Imagine someone getting a voice-crack during the. 326
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@quanhoangclarinettist62252 years ago Is no one gonna talk about the ending of this movement? I rarely get goosebumps while listening to music, but the ending had me shivers. What an absolute miracle of a musical piece. 66
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@kiaburt50913 years ago I keep forgetting that clara and the nutcracker are supposed to be young children! 72
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@Katalex295 years ago I must admit, the balanchine version, this number and the waltz of the flowers, is the finest- i never tire watching them. 85
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@artemismargarette7283 years ago I love watching their tutu dresses flow in each & every movement. Theiralso is a beauty. Nice! 34
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@lost85325 years ago I cant stop thinking of the barbie movie xd. 732
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@---kc2km5 years ago Ugh this is so beautiful i was in advanced classes for ballet and was so close to taking a pre pointe class until my parents took me out to focus on school i hope i can go back one day: 518
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@hannahgrapes15542 years ago I don' t know why this made me cry but it did, so beautiful, everything about the performance feels magical. 31
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@MagMaybe3 months ago He really had a way to understand music and make it paint you a picture. The magical snowstorm, snowflakes twirling and flying around, and the choir magical . ...Expand
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@Bettyish2 years ago Have you ever seen or heard anything so beautiful in your life? What i would give to see this production. Bucket list stuff. I' m crying that was so beautiful. 6
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@user-uy2lf4gg7u2 years ago It' s very dynamic, perfectly! This version of the choreography is the most successful: very dynamic, swift, unusually expressive, and at the same time . ...Expand 28
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@baumcollcsame78713 years ago This is beyond beautiful. Words can not describe it. It is so magical and mesmerizing. I watch it in disbelief.
just. 27
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@NurseFieldsRNMSN3 years ago Every time i watch this dance, i get emotional and cry. This is so beautiful! 9
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@Samantha-vlly4 months ago I love holidays
whenever i watch nutcracker, i feel peace and joy. 2
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@conniek092 years ago So much respect for the artistry, especially for theas for the handful of dancers whose pointe shoes definitely died half-way through this movement, i see you. They were crazy amazing for hanging in there. ...Expand 35
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@pinkvelvet38658 months ago This nutcracker production is so awesome. The ballet dancers, costumes, stage & the orchestra. I wish i could watch it live. 5
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@RobABenk4 years ago Your Mom is on her way home and you haven't washed the dishes yet 149
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@andjela9142 years ago This is art. Im telling you! This is magical, this is calming, this is a work of beauty and art in one. 12
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@nanasotnas85282 years ago They have been through so much pain that the movements feel light and smooth, like a real snowflake, this is magic. 8
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@4everspace3 years ago So beautiful. This dance always makes me cry. The music the snow. Magical! 5
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@RosieSotomayorDelacruz6293 years ago I love how clara and the nutrcracker are portrayed as children. Lt; 3. 5
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@strangeuniverse11992 years ago This is the most beautiful thing i' ve ever seen. I don' t know how those ballerinas pulled this off with no mistakes in their performance. 8
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@woodwinds1015 years ago Beautiful! Never get tired of this amazing musical score. 69
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@m.falcon64122 years ago Wow, these longer, flowy skirts look so much better in ballet than those stiff or short ones. So graceful and dreamy. 4
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@fordsgirl80963 years ago I live in minnesota, every time it snows i thiink of this piece- the falling snow so goes with the music! 4
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@dukeofrodtown17052 months ago There' s no wonder this staging is my favourite! I love it when the snow grows heavier as the scene progresses, and tchaikovsky really did know how to paint a picture with the most majestic orchestral textuers, indeed!
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@adene25425 years ago This is my absolute favourite from the nutcracker! 75
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@hibasobh3 years ago The costumes are so ethereal graceful and beautiful! 7
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@asma10shoot455 years ago This is the best choriography i have ever seen till now. I also apperciate the choice of the costume making it look so light anf flowy like a snowflake, everhthing was well put together. 43
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@elissa_flute15112 years ago In snow and waltze of the flowers as a bud this year, the amount of stamina it takes is immense, i have always loves how effortless they make the dancing look: 3
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@johnmichaelkarma5 years ago The set design is magnificent, bravo to the artetc. Beautiful dancing snowflakes, 44
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@maggielu39274 years ago Hold up, how do the dancers not slip on the snow stuff when dancing? Ive watched the nutcracker many times and always wondered bc i feel like itd be easy to slip on the fake snow. 770
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@MicaRayan5 years ago It' s endearing to watch the dancers and hear the beautifully orchestral score in this magical setting. Splendid! 28
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@luckyotter6233 years ago This part used to scare me for some reason when i was a young child; today i just find it beautiful and magical. 7
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@autisticdancer2 years ago I' ve always loved the waltz of the snowflakes in the nutcracker. It' s such an energetic and beautiful scene and it always looks like the dancers . ...Expand 12
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@shedskin013 years ago I love this particular choreography! Its choreographed to the music, and captures the magical and whimsical qualities that tchaikovsky likely may have intended. 18
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@julial45694 years ago I' m literally crying here. That is so beautiful! 15
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@folkie0994 years ago I cried watching because it was so beautiful. 7
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@irenapalkowska58182 years ago Choreografia, kostiumy i tancerki zachwycajce. 5
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@rosijay14072 years ago Esattamente come la neve a natale. Mi evoca lo stupore, l' attesa, la gioia di quando ero bambina. Meraviglia. 5
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@dikshhao.o41715 months ago This is the first time i felt emotional after a. 1
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@lacouerfairy2 years ago It' s true magic, as only balanchine could create! 1
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@ray382vk4 years ago It is most beautiful when snowflakes dances while snow falling
utter perfection. 13
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@chelseabaker19945 months ago This is my absolute favorite ballet piece. The music and the dancing and scenery (and im someone who doesnt like the cold/snow) 1
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@bribri60333 years ago I' m frost this year and im literally freaking out, im so excited. 3
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@lunamorningstarblaze76682 years ago The way the dresses move make me wiredly happy. 1
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@BlinkinFirefly2 years ago I love what they did with this whole scene. So wintery and snowy and lovely. Great performance < 3. 4
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@molliehensley77314 years ago I' ve been a snowflake for the past two years of my studio' s production and it' s the most magical thing ever to be a part of. 16
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@andydearmas5 years ago My favorite part of the nutcracker, this is really beautiful! 7
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@arnett.h62763 years ago The best choreography to waltz of the snowflakes! So enchanting! 3
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@Sarah_seaside3 years ago I' m not crying, just got a piece of dirt in my eyes xd this was amazing! Bravo! 2
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@joycepacheco29733 years ago This is one of my favorite parts of the show. 1
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@zinc80022 years ago That set is so gorgeous, so convincing! 1
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@benlafaver536211 months ago I used to watch this as a kid, i just got the biggest nostalgia trip!
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@heyyywhynot3 months ago The hardest corps piece in all of ballet. The choreo is fast (and makes all other companies' waltz of the snowflakes look. Notably less active) id="hidden19" and the snow is little pieces of paper and it does not stop. Toward the end it starts blowing in sideways so as to look like a blizzard. It' s a miracle the dancers don' t fall more often. ...Expand 1
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@olgankaradeniz13304 years ago Omg the people singing in the middle! I' ve fallen in love with that! 10
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@li-anmacias60619 months ago I just love this so much and the feeling that the snow is falling meanwhile your dancing uff its just amazing.
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@floralfloral2784 years ago The most beautiful scene i have ever seen! 4
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@sakuraesther63092 years ago If my daughter or son joins ballet, they are getting foot massages everyday and full body massage every week. This is no jokee. 2
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@manuelorozco77605 months ago I just love the falling snow and the dancing in unison! However the scene feels incomplete without a snow king & queen like ive seen in another production!
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@juvi67872 years ago I absolutely love the nutcracker! The kyiv grand ballet was recently in kalmar sweden, and i was a fantastic evening! This is absolutely lovely!
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@thetiniestpirate3 years ago Can you imagine nailing all of that with all that snow falling? O. O beautiful but terrifying. 4
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@petitluna25713 years ago Oh i would give everything to see it live. 1
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@gingerbreadchristmas84624 years ago Sahala is first time see and touch snowflakes very nice very deep impressive. 2