The best dance this Christmas

The best dance at Christmas is The Nutcracker.

The Nutcracker was composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, and choreographed by Marius Pitipa and Lev Ivanovich Ivanov. It premiered in St. Petersburg on December 18th, 1892, and was later adapted. Its story originated from Hoffman's fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.

The first factor that makes The Nutcracker a "Christmas Ballet" is that it tells a story that happened on Christmas Eve. It depicts the children looking forward to Christmas presents at the Christmas party, and the lively melody lays the foundation for this dance drama.

Appreciation of the Nutcracker Dance Drama:

The Nutcracker is a typical Tchaikovsky's later works, which skillfully uses strings to make the background of the work shine, and it also shows the rare realism in general music, especially the children's voice in Snowflake Waltz and the children's musical instruments in other music in the first act.

The music written for traditional musical instruments is also full of creativity, especially in the episode of the second act, in which Spanish dance represents chocolate, Arabic dance represents coffee and China dance represents tea; However, the most beautiful part of the whole song is still the piano solo in Candy Fairy, which, according to the description of the script, charmingly implies that water drops "splash from the fountain".