Thursday
Jan022014
Boston: The Nutcracker 2013: A Backstage Look, Part II
Intermission to the audience is a chance to stretch, to walk about the beautiful Opera House theater for a snack or drink, or to run to the restroom.
On the other side of the curtain, intermission is a smoothly managed production of switching from one act to the next.
It means sweeping up all the "snow" from the Waltz of the Snowflakes, lowering the giant chandelier props from the rafters, rotating the stage lighting so that leftover snow falls off.
It means stretches and warmups for the dancers, and setting up the dry ice machines for what's coming up next....
When the curtain rises again, everyone is ready...
More to come!
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Reader Comments (8)
this is SO cool to see! i love the effect of the b&w ones.
loooove these. the one you chose as the title/top image especially reminds me of a Degas painting.
I stumbled across your photos, and they are absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing them! I'm hoping very much that there will be more--would especially love to see the party scene and the battle scene! Your photos are spectacular!
these costumes are fabulous - love seeing how each production of the nutcracker is the same yet soooo different!
Thanks Jaime, the b+w ones are my favorites :)
Thanks Molly! Being backstage really made me feel like a Degas painting, too!
Hi Sarah, thanks for stopping by!! So nice to hear from you, and thank you for the kind words : )
Alaina! Hey girl, thank you muchly xo