The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (van Schayk/Eagling)

Choreographer	van Schayk, Toer Eagling, Wayne
Finnish premiere	29.11.2002
Place of Premiere	Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
Style	Classic Ballet
Duration (min)	150
Scenography	Toer van Schayk
Costume designer	Toer van Schayk
Lighting Designer	Steen Bjarke
Performers of the premiere	Klaara: Salla Suominen Drosselmeier\'s nephew/Prince: Jaakko Eerola Nutcracker: Adam Kozal Liisa, Klaara\'s older sister: Anastasia Dunets Pekka, Klaara\'s younger brother: Asla Jääskeläinen Herr Drosselmeier: Jukka Aromaa Mouse King: Kare Länsivuori Mrs Rautanen: Jaana Puupponen Mr Rautanen: Jarkko Niininen Grandmother Rautanen: Tuija Lindholm Grandfather Rautanen: Jarmo Rastas : Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen He-goat: Anu Lindell Magic lantern, Princess: Anna Sariola Magic lantern, Prince: Aki Pakarinen Maija, the maid: Ulla-Mari Mäkelä Little Klaara: Reija Heinonen (student) Little Pekka: Sasha Palomäki (student) Seven young ladies: Anastasia Dunets (Liisa), Mirella Iisakka, Jenny Jägerhorn, Mai Komori, Maria Tamminen, Tanja Tolppola, Sofia Winqvist Seven young men: Jani Talo (Poet), Eemu Äikiö (Faun), Tomi Blåberg, Antti Keinänen, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Henrik Pettersson, Jouka Valkama Six women: Özen Erdinc, Francis Guardia, Leena Kalk, Mirka Kleemola, Arja Tervo, Armi Tihtonen Six men: Javier Torres (elderly Don Juan), Sampo Kivelä (General), Maksim Lukjanov, Thomas Rydberg, Klaus Vesala, Pekka Yli-Marttila Skaters: Valeri Kononen, Toni Laakkonen (student), Teemu Tainio, Marjaterttu Willman Eight soldiers: Javier Torres (Don Juan), Antti Keinänen, Aki Pakarinen, Henrik Pettersson, Samuli Poutanen, Jani Talo, Nicholas Ziegler, Eemu Äikiö Five hussars: Asla Jääskeläinen (Pekka), Tomi Blåberg, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Teemu Tainio, Toni Laakkonen (student) Eight rats: Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen, Linas Kavaliauskas, Maksim Lukjanov, Ville Mäki, Thomas Rydberg, Jouka Valkama, Klaus Vesala, Pekka Yli-Marttila Snow flakes: Anu Viheriäranta, Petia Ilieva, Minna Alaraudanjoki, Özen Erdinc, Mirella Iisakka, Sari Jokela, Titta Karhunen, Joyce Kitseroo, Mai Komori, Anna Konkari, Maarika Kärkkäinen, Kaarina Leppänen, Ira Lindahl, Anu Lindell, Asta Lindholm, Andrea Nemethová, Virve Olsson, Camilla Rajalin, Ophélie Rodighiero, Anna Sariola, Maria Tamminen, Arja Tervo, Armi Tihtonen, Tanja Tolppola, Sara Vuorinen, Sofia Winqvist Four mechanics: Dario Franconi, Linas Kavaliauskas, Aki Pakarinen, Nicholas Ziegler Jota (spanish dance): Milla Eloranta, Timo Kokkonen; Özen Erdinc, Mirella Iisakka, Joyce Kitseroo, Kirsi Tiiliharju, Tanja Tolppola, Sofia Winqvist, Tomi Blåberg, Henrik Burman, Antti Keinänen, Ville Mäki, Klaus Vesala, Pekka Yli-Marttila Arabian dance: Asla Jääskeläinen (Pekka), Sampo Kivelä (General), Anu Lindell, Anna Sariola, Arja Tervo, Armi Tihtonen Chinese dance: Maki Nakagawa, Maksim Lukjanov, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Henrik Pettersson, Jouka Valkama Russian dance: Jaana Puupponen (Mrs Rautanen), Jarkko Niininen (Mr Rautanen), Ulla-Mari Mäkelä (Maija), Leena Kalk, Mirka Kleemola, Marilena Fontoura, Kirsi Mansnerus, Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen, Valeri Kononen, Thomas Rydberg, Teemu Tainio Greek dance: Anastasia Dunets (Liisa), Jani Talo (Poet), Eemu Äikiö (Faun), Javier Torres (Don Juan), Salla Suominen (Klaara) Waltz of the flowers: Anu Viheriäranta, Nicholas Ziegler, Petia Ilieva, Dario Franconi, Sari Jokela, Titta Karhunen, Anna Konkari, Asta Lindholm, Ira Lindahl, Andrea Nemethová, Virve Olsson, Camilla Rajalin, Tomi Blåberg, Henrik Burman, Linas Kavaliauskas, Antti Keinänen, Ville Mäki, Aki Pakarinen, Samuli Poutanen, Klaus Vesala Students of the Finnish National Opera Ballet School
Other music	Musiikki/music: Pjotr Tsaikovski Musiikin johto/leading of the music: Patrick Flynn
Description	Nutcracker is Pjotr Tshaikovski's last ballet. He composed it in 1891, two years before he died. The work was premiliered in 1892. Nutcracker is based on German E.T.A Hoffmann's fairytale Nutcracker and Mouse King from 1810. Nutcracker is premiliered in Finnish National Opera before 21st century in 1928, 1947, 1971, 1985 and 1994. Choreographers are Dutch Toer van Schayk and Canadian Wayne Eagling.
Other Information	Choreography: I act: Toer van Schayk, except for the Dance of the Snowflakes by Wayne Eagling (according to Lev Ivanov) II act: Wayne Eagling, except for the scenes with Mouse King, The Mechanics, different nationalities and the final scene, by Toer van Schayk Choreographers\' assistants: Malin Thoors, Jeannette Vondersaar Conductor in the premiere: Patrick Flynn Senior repetiteur: Alan Land Repetiteurs: Ingrid Némecková, Jutta Mustakallio, Jarmo Rastas, Kimmo Sandell, Tuuli Tuominen Children\'s repetiteur: Bine Westerinen Video in the beginning of the II act in co-operation with NPS Television in Holland.
Companies	Finnish National Ballet
Dancers	Torres, Javier (2002) Eerola, Jaakko: Drosselmeier's nephew/Prince (2002) Äikiö, Eemu: Faun (2002) Aromaa, Jukka: Herr Drosselmeier (2002) Niininen, Jarkko: Mr Rautanen (2002) Länsivuori, Kare: Mouse King (2002) Rastas, Jarmo: Grandfather Rautanen (2002) Lindholm, Tuija: Grandmother Rautanen (2002) Eloranta, Milla: Jota (spanish dance) (2002) Kokkonen, Timo: Jota (spanish dance) (2002) Kirjonen, Maki: Chinese dance (2002) Suominen, Salla: Clara (2002) Viheriäranta, Anu: Waltz of the flowers (2002) Ziegler, Nicholas: Waltz of the flowers (2002) Ilieva, Petia: Waltz of the flowers (2002) Franconi, Dario: Waltz of the flowers (2002) Dunets, Anastasia: Liisa, Klaara's older sister (2002) Viheriäranta, Anu: Snow flake (2002) Ilieva, Petia: Snow flake (2002) Mäkelä, Ulla-Mari: Maija, the maid (2002) Jääskeläinen, Asla: Pekka, Klaara's younger brother (2002) Kozal, Adam: Nutcracker (2002) Puupponen, Jaana: Mrs Rautanen (2002) Talo, Jani: Poet (2002) Sariola, Anna: Magic lantern, Princess (2002) Pakarinen, Aki: Magic lantern, Prince (2002) Lindell, Anu: He-goat (2002) Kivelä, Sampo: General (2002) Kivelä, Sampo: Herr Drosselmeier (2002) Kirjonen, Juha: The Mouse King (2005) Tihtonen, Armi: Mrs Rautanen (2003) Ha, Eun-Ji: Klaara (2007) Beljajevski, Stanislav: Drosselmeier's nephew/Prince (2007) Poutanen, Samuli: Nutcracker (2007) Kononen, Anandah: Liisa (2007) Burman, Henrik: Herr Drosselmeier (2007) Keinänen, Antti: Mouse King (2007) Tiiliharju, Kirsi: Grandmother (2007) Sandell, Kimmo: Grandfather (2007) Hämäläinen, Veli-Pekka: Fisherman, Santa Claus (2007) Komori, Mai: He-Goat (2007) Olsson, Virve: Maija, the maid (2007) Tikkanen, Jouki: Little Klaara (2007) Silventoinen, Santtu: Little Pekka (2007) Lindell, Anu: Mrs (2007) Kononen, Valeri: Mr (2007) Lönnroth, Anneke (2002)

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