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Category: History of Productions

From Epic Fail to Christmas Classic: The History of The Nutcracker

Posted onDecember 23, 2021January 23, 2022Leave a comment

Whether you are a ballet fan or not you probably know of “The Nutcracker”. Even if you haven’t been to see a performance, at the very least you’ve heard the Read More …

CategoriesHistory of Productions, UncategorizedTagsballerina, ballet, Christmas, Nutcracker, Petipa, Tchaikovsky

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Episode 16. Moved By the Music - From the Stage to the Stand - Our 2nd Home

Maria Seletskaja once joked that she'd give two years of her life to conduct Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker... little did she know that she would soon be conducting far more than only Nutcracker. After a beautiful fifteen years dancing around the world in many prestigious companies, she made the decision to hang up her pointe shoes and pick up the conductor's baton. and what an adventure it was...Click the link in the bio to listen in as we discuss her remarkable journey, the ins and outs of being a conductor, and the importance of music, especially in the life of a dancer.-This podcast  is in collaboration with the Our2ndhome blog, which is dedicated to opening up theater doors through conversations with artists all around the world.For more info check out our website, https://our2ndhome.org/ , IG _our2ndhomeor email us at oursecondhome2@gmail.com .Hope you have enjoyed this episode. Don’t forget to comment, like  share, and leave a review/rating. It means a lot to us!
  1. Episode 16. Moved By the Music - From the Stage to the Stand 58:06
  2. Episode 15. Ballet and Entrepreneurship with Emanuele Sardo 41:17
  3. Episode 14. Grace, Strength and the Stereotypes In Between - A conversation with soloist of the Estonian National Ballet, Anna-Roberta 44:59
  4. Episode 13. Living the Opera Life- a conversation with Paris Opera singer Yiorgo Iannou 49:06
  5. Episode 12. Art, Courage, and 28 Years with composer David K. Israel 01:03:51
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