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Nutcracker!

Nutcracker!. Characters PowerPoint. The characters in Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! are all much larger than life in both worlds and every character is unique, even the orphans in their grey smocks and shorts .

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Nutcracker!

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  1. Nutcracker! Characters PowerPoint

  2. The characters in Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! are all much larger than life in both worlds and every character is unique, even the orphans in their grey smocks and shorts. Bourne says; ‘one of the pleasures of creating these characters was to link them with their orphanage counterparts. In Clara’s imagination her friends become the fluffy Marshmallow girls, the yobby Gobstopper boys, the vain Liquorice Allsort trio and the lewd and sticky Knickerbocker Glory. Her best friends, the twins, become her heavenly helpers, The Cupids. Dr and Mrs Dross transform into the gluttonous rulers of Sweetieland, King Sherbet and Queen Candy, and their bratish children, Sugar and Fritz, grow up into the glamorous Princess Sugar and saucy Prince Bon Bon. Everything is edible in Sweetieland and its inhabitants are judged not by how they look but by how they taste.’

  3. We are going to look at each character through there costume, dance movements, music and lighting.Copy up the table below on a whole side of A4 paper

  4. Costumes DESCRIBE COSTUMES using these words … allowing and restricting movement, cost, formal, flow, line, size, weight, colour, texture, decoration. CONTIBUTIONS OF COSTUME • Mood and Atmosphere • Era • Social setting • Historical setting • Sense of Place • Sense of Time • Event • Location • Character/Role • Season • Gender • Groups of Dancers • Status • Theme of Dance

  5. Physical Setting Points It’s really important to DESCRIBE the set, lighting and props in each example that you discuss Describe Set, Lighting & Props • Colour • Shape • Size & Location • Style • Texture • Mood Other Considerations • Cost • Durability • Ease of dancing • Health and Safety • Size of Space

  6. Physical Setting Points – Magic List • Creates social context • Light/set can structure dance • Props can inspire movement • Lighting can highlight • Set creates shape and levels • Add texture • Compliments other components • Can clarify narrative • Can show changes in time • Add to the theme of the dance • Add humor • Add variety through set and lighting changes Always Remember to Include Examples Physical Setting Contributions • Support the dance style • Provide a context • Provide a sense of reality • Create interest • Can replace dancer - support • Time of day / Season • Establishes mood • Props help identify character • Can provide a climax • Setting the dance in an era • Can provide exits and entrances • Geographical location

  7. Clara

  8. The Nutcracker • The Nutcracker full-size puppet is an interesting and challenging character to portray because of his strong physicality. His movements are stilted, his gaze fixed and his joints are stiff.

  9. The Frozen Lake

  10. Cupids

  11. Dr Dross who becomes King SherbetMatron who becomes Queen Candy

  12. Fritz who becomes Prince Bon Bon

  13. Sugar who becomes Princess Sherbet

  14. The Head Banging Gobstoppers This trio of boys come on stage wearing doc martens and crash helmets. Their outfits enhance their actions and movements.

  15. KnickerbockerGlory

  16. Liquorice Allsorts

  17. The Marshmallow Girls

  18. Humbug Bouncer

  19. Nutcracker! Example answers Set/lighting helps create contrast Lighting establishes mood Set creates varied levels/platforms The set creates exits and entrances • The contrast between the dark colours in set and lighting of the workhouse and colour of Sweetieland • The brightness and soft colours used create a magical and fun feel to Act 2 • The wedding cake creates different levels for the dancers • Dancers enter through doors in side flats, upstage window and mouth into Sweetieland

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