This Set of Nutcracker Suite Ornaments consists of four, 5½ inch tall ornaments. Heir Drosselmeir, Clara’s Godfather is very elegantly dressed in a red glitter dinner jacket and is holding the handsome nutcracker he has brought for her gift. Clara is beautifully dressed in a Romantic style white tutu with red glitter ballet shoes and is holding the very handsome Nutcracker gift from her Godfather. The Mouse King and the Prince, both wearing striking uniforms of pearl white and red glitter, are very intent on their duel. Select this link to view our Nutcracker Ornaments.
Nutcracker Ballet Trivia.
- Clara’s Godfather, Heir Drosselmeyer, gave Clara a handsome Nutcracker Prince as a gift.
- The Nutcracker Ballet was first performed in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg Russia.
- The original title of The Nutcracker was a book called “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.”
- In the Ballet, Clara throws her shoe at the Mouse King in order to save her Nutcracker Prince.
- Tchaikovsky also wrote “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping Beauty”.
- The second act of the Nutcracker Ballet takes place in the ‘Magical Kingdom of Sweets’.
- After killing the Mouse King the Nutcracker becomes a handsome Prince.
- Clara and her Prince sail home in a sleigh.
- Agnes De Mille said “To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.”
Dueling.
Practiced from the 15th to 20th centuries in Western societies, a duel was a consensual fight between two people, with matched, usually deadly weapons in accordance with rules agreed upon, over a point of honor, usually accompanied by a trusted representative, often in contravention of the law. Select this link to view our Clara Ornaments.
The duel usually developed out of the desire of one party to redress a perceived insult to his honor. The goal of the duel was often not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction," or to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it. Select this link to view our Clara and The Nutcracker.
Duels may be distinguished from trials by combat, in that duels were not used to determine guilt or innocence, nor were they official procedures. Duels were often illegal, though in most societies where dueling was socially accepted, participants in a fair duel were not prosecuted, or if they were, were not convicted. Only gentlemen were considered to have honor, and therefore only they were qualified to duel. Dueling is now illegal in all but a few countries around the world. Select this link to view our Slender Nutcracker with a Sword.