Besides the story summary every guide has, I especially like the photos of the basic hand and foot positions for ballet on page 29 of the San Francisco Ballet'sNutcraker Study Guide and page 7, page 8 of Balletbc's Dance CompanyB study guide .
Most people seem to enjoy theatre more when they know a bit about the show before they walk in. Sometimes I give my children special things to watch for, a mental scavenger hunt, to keep them interested. Having a study guide sure makes that job easier!. (For Chinese dance, I asked them to see how many ways the dancers make circles, for Shakespeare I asked them to listen for a couple of quotes, and if we go to see "The Nutcracker" this season, I might check out one or two of these for questions or ideas.) Some of these study guides have "after the show" activities and work sheets too - Mad Libs, word searches, and even some coloring pages.
Nutcracker Study Guides available online include:
- SF Ballet Nutcracker Study Guide (40 pages) - while you might not be interested in the page about their set designer and their opera house, the word search, number match and fun facts all work for any nutcracker, "what is dance", and the pictures of the basic hand and feet "positions" for hands and feet are useful to any one attending any Nutcracker. My suggestion is to look before you print it out & perhaps only print what you need/want. I would not print the answers, I'd just peek if I needed it so I would only print 1 - 14, 18 - 25, 29 - 32, and only print 26-28 if someone wants more information on the ballet of the show.
- Pages 4 - 9 of GBPAC Nutcracker Study Guide
- NYC Ballet Nutcracker Study Guide (1 page)
- National Ballet of Canada Nutcracker Study Guide(22 pages)
- LPAC Arts Nutcracker Study Guide (4 pages)
- Popejoy Schooltime Nutcracker Study Guide (8 pages)
Links current as of 2 December 2007.
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