Variation of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker

Submitted by Mei-Chen Lu – December 23, 2016

The notation score of variation of the "Sugar Plum Fairy" from the Tschaikovski-Petipa ballet "The Nutcracker" is now available for download.  It was danced by Alicia Markova, prima ballerina at the time, and notated by Ann Hutchinson Guest in 1957.

Markova was an outstanding interpreter of this role and made comments of this dance:

"The essence of this variation should be like spun sugar.  Technically it should be danced in a very classical form, but not as bravura variation to dazzle and bring applause.  The success it merits should come from its delicacy and gentle grace, expressing the sweet goodness which is the quality of the Sugar Plum Fairy, who is dancing to entertain little Clara in the Kingdom of Sweets."

This score was published and copyrighted by the DNB in 1957.

Irmgard Bartenieff Papers at University of Maryland

Submitted by Mei-Chen Lu, December 6, 2016

Susan L. Wiesner, an archivist at University of Maryland, created a finding aid for Irmgard Bartenieff Papers between 1920 to 1981.  These papers were gift from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies to the University of Maryland.  The Bartenieff papers are arranged into 13 series, including six restricted files.  The remainder of the collection is open for research at Special Collections in Performing Arts, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.  

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