The Nutcracker
Ballet
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

110 minutes with one intermission

The Nutcracker

The ballet spectacle The Nutcracker, the most performed white ballet in the world, a title it has been breaking records in terms of attendance and popularity for years in Croatia, is once again on the program of the Croatian National Theatre in Split this season. Choreographed by Wacław Orlikowski, the choreography has been adapted by choreographer Božica Lisak, and the entire Ballet ensemble, along with young dancers from the Ballet Studio, is involved in this lavish production with over 130 dancers on stage.

The Nutcracker

The secret of the exceptional popularity of The Nutcracker was attempted to be explained by the Ukrainian choreographer Orlykowski, who staged The Nutcracker in Zagreb in 1970, and his choreography became a reference point for all subsequent productions of The Nutcracker in Croatia. Tchaikovsky, a great composer, is one of the few who composed his music in close collaboration with choreographers, creating works that are not only musically and scenically perfect but also meet the special demands of the ballet stage with their rhythmic and thematic diversity, encouraging dance. The popularity and the layered stories he chose as the themes of his works, equally appealing to children and adults, as well as the choreographic elements that are not overly demanding but allow the dancers to express their artistry fully, are the X factor that will likely keep The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake on the throne of the most important ballet works for a long time to come.

Choreographer and director

Waclaw Orlikowsky

Choreography after Orlikowsky

Božica Lisak

Conductor Levan Jagaev (3. - 14. 12.; 9. - 11. 1.) / Ivan Šćepanović (16. - 20.12.)

Set Design

Dinka Jeričević

Costume Design

Barbara Bourek

Ballett masters

Albina Rahmatullina, Vladimir Šuvalov

Students of the Ballet studio prepared by Marijana Marević Muslim,Sanja Dimache

Students of the classical ballet department prepared by

Korana Bilan, Buga Bešker, Miroslava Oravcova, Silviu Tanase, Ivan Boiko, Monica Dinoni

Original Light Design Zoran Mihanović

Light Design renewed by

Srđan Barbarić

Sound Design

Petar Ivanišević

Assistant Production Gorenka Žižić Jagar
Stage Manager Tetyana Borščagivska
Concertmaster Valter Lovričević / Mislav Salopek

 

December 19th and 20th 2024

Klara

Giulia Del Grande

Drosselmeyer

Danil Podhruško

Sugar Plum Fairy

Yuka Nojo

Prince

Kaynan Pereira Oliveira

Nutcracker

Leonardo Souza

Snow Queen

Ania Bartkowski (19.12.) / Amanda De Almeida Rocha (20.12.)

Mouse King

Askhatbek Yusupzhanov

Candy King

Daniel Jagar

President Silberhaus

Igor Gluškov

His wife

Sanja Bikić

Franz, their son

Rita Pašalić

General

Remus Dimache

His wife

Jelizaveta Nadenenko

Officer

Askhatbek Yusupzhanov

His wife

Maja Lončar

Jeweler  

Emanuele Sardo

His wife

Gita Šaravanja

Director of the Conservatorium

Robbie Fisher

His wife

Anastasiia Boiko

Sausage Maker

Romulus Dimache

His wife

Svjetlana Dimache

Student

Daniel Jagar

His wife

Nikol Marčić

Mayordomus

Wei Quan

Dolls

Colombina – Rimi Mizuoka

Pierrot – Alfred Jago

Harlekin – Paul Meneu

Markentenderica – Ajla Yusupzhanova

Grenadir - Leonardo Souza 

The Help

Jana Tomić, Jelena Pecotić, Iva Tukić, Fiona Hadžiavdić, Marta Delić, Vana Vrkić

Girls and Boys

Katarina Ema Prka, Nina Stupalo, Lana Maleš, Stella Smith,  Petra Zupan, Roza Mimica, Franica Kovačić, Petra Vuković, Nika Burić, Karolina Bastian Krolo, Nika Bogdan, Pina Popović Ercegović

Bunny

Nina Kevo

Soldiers

Helena Veić, Anamarija Borovac, Vana Vrkić, Jelena Pecotić,  Mia Jadrić, Nina Glavina, Nika Stubnja, Ana Katačić, Mia Čečuk, Marta Delić, Ani Susović, Kate Bogdanić 

Small Mouses

Greta Kalinić, Elizabeta Gamulin, Greta Mimica, Ema Palić, Antonia Jovanović Marušić, Nora Musinov/Marta Belamarić, Marta Mršić, Iva Lončar, Ema Burica, Anamaria Basarić, Maša Beroš, Sara Vlak

Big Mouses

Vana Bilandžić, Loris Gusić,Tonka Židić Marinović, Brigita Bašić, Nina Lori Šetina, Antea Pezo, Ana Perić, Tonka Bajić, Lili Musinov, Korina Trgo,  Elina Korohod, Roza Samardžić

Snowflakes (solo couples)

Josephine Mansfield, Amanda De Rocha (19.12.)/ Ania Bartkowska (20.12.), Stella Duerden, Emanule Sardo, Robbie Fisher, Paul Meneu

Snowflakes

Sanja Bikić, Rimi Mizuoka, Anastasiia Boiko, Yelyzaveta Nadenenko, Maja Lončar, Urara Onomata, Monica Dinoni,  Gita Šaravanja, Mirabelle Tošković, Mariaelena Colombo, Ajla Yusupzhanova, Yanle Jin

Buddha

Fiona Hadžiavdić

Hands

Iva Tukić, Marta Delić, Jana Tomić

Children

Manuela Dujmić, Ani Miloš Mandić, Ana Drnasin, Larisa Furčić, Ema Burić, Silvana Đurković, Bella Bajić, Eva Stojanović

Turkish honey

Solo – Matea Milas

Leonardo Souza, Alfred Jago

Ansambl – Anastasiia Boiko, Svjetlana Dimache, Maja Lončar, Mirabelle Tošković, Ashatbek Yusupzhanov, Robbie Fisher, Paul Meneu, Wei Quan

Chinese Tea

Urara Onomata, Rimi Mizuoka

Swiss pralines

Ajla Yusupzhanova, Josephine Mansfield, Stella Duerden, Danil Podhruško

Arabian Coffee

Solo couple – Amanda De Rocha, Remus Dimache

Ensemble – Sanja Bikić, Gita Šaravanja, Yelyzaveta Nadenenko, Mariaelena Colombo, Igor Glushkov, Ashatbek Yusuzphanov, Romulus Dimache, Robbie Fisher

Spanish Chocolate

Matea Milas, Ania Bartkowski, Alfred Jago

Ukrainian Marmelade

Monica Dinoni, Maja Lončar, Anastassia Boiko, Mirabel Tošković, Urara Onomata, Leonardo Souza, Emanuele Sardo, Danyil Podhrushko, Paul Meneu, Wei Quan

Flower Waltz

Ania Bartkowski, Josephine Mansfield, Svjetlana Dimache, Anastasiia Boiko, Stella Duerden, Yelyzaveta Nadenenko, Mirabelle Tošković, Mariaelena Colombo, Gita Šaravanja, Monica Dinoni, Amanda De Rocha, Sanja Bikić, Rimi Mizuoka, Ajla Yusupzhanova,Urara Onomata,  Emanuele Sardo, Wei Quan, Leonardo Souza, Robbie Fisher, Paul Meneu