Characters
Name the main character in the ballet.
Clara
Tchaikovsky
True or False: Original story was written for children.
False
Track 22
Sugarplum Theme
This came first: ballet OR music.
Name of Fairy in Act 2.
Sugarplum Fairy
Name of another ballet written by the Nutcracker composer.
Swan Lake or Sleeping Beauty
The country of origin
Germany
Track 16
Russian
The land Clara travels to in her dream.
Land of Sweets
The original name of the heroine.
Marie
The Nutcracker composer's country of birth.
Russia
Century original story was written.
1800
Track 19
Waltz of the Flowers
1892
Clara's brother's name.
Fritz
Name of the "new" instrument used in the Sugarplum Fairy theme.
The celesta
This is what nutcrackers symbolize in the country of origin.
Protect the family and bring good luck
Track 17
City of first The Nutcracker ballet performance.
St. Petersburg, Russian
Drosselmeyer
Name of the Disney film in which US audiences first heard The Nutcracker music.
Fantasia (1940 version)
Author of the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
ETA Hoffman
Track 10
Waltz of the Snowflakes
Name of the original choreographer of The Nutcracker.
Marius Petipa