Can't you say that any dance is music made visible, though? Ballet may be more precise than most dances but you can still see the rhythm of music reflected in any good dancer.
you doing things such as seeing the nutcracker on your own provides great comfort for me as I love doing things alone but always feel weird or lonely for liking that , so thank you
Just so people know, the royal ballet does a live stream of the Nutcracker every year that you can watch in local cinemas all over the world. It’s really affordable and it’s a great way to see the ballet up close. It’s got extremely difficult to get tickets for the royal opera house in recent years due to demand, so it’s a great way to see the ballet if you never have.
I realise Ruby mentioned it, but the livestream in the theatres is really worth seeing specifically as it involves behind the scenes interviews and this year Darcy Bussell presented it.
The Nutcracker is one of my favorite Christmas stories of all time. My Mom read it to me even before I knew that the ballet existed (I had heard the music, but didn't know what it was from). I still remember that long ago night, my Mom reading me various Christmas books late one night, wrapped in a warm blanket, and I remember enjoying The Nutcracker so much. Funny enough, I've been in the process of making an audiobook of The Nutcracker that I'm trying to put up before Christmas if I finish it in time. That's why I found it so cool that you made this video around the same time.
As a ballet dancer, the Nutcracker has always been a big part of my winter memory, whether it is watching the performance or being on stage. I love your description of the waltz of snowflakes, which made I realized that I’ve been too focused on the techniques and choreography that I’ve overlooked the essence of dance (and arts): to create magic by realizing the impossible. Thank you for this insight, Ruby!
@Ruby Granger such a cosy, comforting watch. I'm sure you will continue to inspire ✨️ many to see the casual magic you have shared with us in this video....for instance how you described the dancers as snowflakes. 💙 I always loved the whimsy of the Barbie animated version of the Nutcracker as a kid. Now as an adult, you have reminded me to rewatch this and experience it again...I wonder if it will still hold the same wonder as before? Are you able to share with us when you feel your book may be ready? I can not wait to read and listen to all of the wonders of your imagination. Your xmas tree is absolutely gorgeous! Have a wonderful christmas Ruby!
Checking your channel after a long day to see if a new video has been uploaded has become a habit, Ruby! I can't express how much I adore and value your presence. You simply brighten my days. Thank you!
It's great to see anything with both a live orchestra AND live performers. If you like ballet, you will REALLY like opera. Orchestra PLUS singers, soloists and a big chorus so powerful they need no amplification like in a musical. PLUS dancers often and amazing sets.
I like the idea of watching opera, but I actually didn't really like it when I saw a show (embarrassing to admit, even though it shouldn't be!). It was five years ago though so maybe my tastes have changed since then -- I might have to give it another go x
i first watched the nutcracker when i was 6, i'm now 23 and it is my all time favourite ballet performance. the music is so beautiful too. will never not love it ❤
This video must have taken a long time to put together. The main theme of the Nutcracker was beautifully embellished with other interesting tidbits that made watching it magical! C.S. Lewis is a master storyteller and Tchaikovsky a master composer-Thank you, Ruby!
What a beautiful video! I love the Nutcracker as well and would love to watch it at the Royal Opera House one day as I think it is such a magical place and I also love the Royal Ballet Company. Thank you for taking us along.
This was such a delight to watch. Thanks, Ruby! I always assumed sugar plums were either candied plums or a plum hard candy. Definitely going to make some sugar plums. They look delicious.
You really do convey a festive feeling through this video. Thank you so much for this amazing video, Ruby. I really want to watch and listen to an audiobook of the nutcracker now while baking something. 🙈
The nutcracker has been one of my favorite Christmas stories since I was in elementary school and I began starting a new tradition a few years ago of going to the theater every Christmas to see The nutcracker. My parents were not into ballet but I marvel at the performance of the story even though it's not in words it's in dancing and music. And one time for Ballroom class since I'm a ballroom dancer I did a waltz with the music the grandfather waltz and many of my fellow dancers just loved it.
I picked The Nutcracker for my book club read and so want to go watch it too, shall try and get tickets for next year 🤞 I love history and feels like a history lesson in a good way your vlogs, love them x
What an exquisite way to start Christmas. I too have seen the Nutcracker there at Christmas and it is a far superior way, in my opinion, to start the celebrations than a raucous pantomime, with non-ebrities* (*celebrities I've never heard of) trying to be funny. I love your coat too, you always dress so well and for that I applaud you in these days of sloppy and shapeless raiment. Thank you for posting and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Thank you for the all the inspiration! I've been applying what I've learned from you this week, and I have been so productive! I finally can get up in the morning! I am a morning person, but I was living like I wasn't. Thank you so much!
I can’t imagine walking around with that dress (you make it look fairy-like though of course) in snowy weather. I’m so used to the warmth of the south, I think I’d die. Thank you for another enchanting video, Ruby!
What a wonderful experience to really get into the Christmas spirit. Somehow the music and ballet for The Nutcracker always does this. I need to check out the book that it is based on and love your description about how the book is similar to other fairy tales in its dark themes. Very different from what we see today. Thanks for sharing!
It is darker, but, in all honesty, I think the book is still appropriate for families, and I was never bothered by it even when I was a kid. I actually thought it was a beautiful story. If you do get around to reading it, I recommend checking out the version translated by Ralph Manheim with Maurice Sendak's illustrations. It's a cool little edition of the book. But if you want a public domain version instead, Project Gutenberg has an excellent one included in "The Serapion Brethren" (which is a collection of some of Hoffmann's works) translated by Major Alex Ewing. And whatever you do, if you can avoid it, do *not* read the translation included on Wikisource. It's awfully inaccurate.
@@curtthegamer934 Thanks for the information. I found the audiobook (of the original) on Scribd and was looking at the first edition on kindle as well. It is pretty inexpensive so I might do that one (an illustrated version of the original). But I will also look up the specific edition that you mentioned with Sendak's illustrations. That sounds perfect. Can't wait to read the actual book while listening to the music!
Ive also watched the nutcracker recently but it was a much humbler production here in Rio and I loved it so much, truly one of the happiest moments of the last couple years and I specially enjoyed picking an outfit inspired by Clara’s Christmas party dress!! also 14:20 makes me think of The Secret Garden ❤️
I love the Nutcracker, both the book as well as the ballet. In 2019 my boyfriend and another couple we are friends with travelled to Budapest to see the ballet - it was absolutely beautiful ☺️
Hey Ruby love your videos. I don’t think you fully understand how helpful and fun your videos are (not an exaggeration by the way) thank you so much. I hope you do what you enjoy as you continue outside university.
I love your videos so much Ruby. I've been having a really rough week and this video made me feel so much happier and calm and christmassy 💕also, I always love your hats and accessories, would love to see a hat/accessory collection some time, just out of pure curiosity as someone who is only just realising that I enjoy wearing them more than I used to
I got "Winter Tales" and "The Clockwork Sparrow" because you've recommended both before and I love them. Especially Winter Tales is one of my best purchases. So, thank you, Ruby 😊📚
It's our love for the same things and ways of life that is soo much cheerier on a bad day that helps so much Ruby and I thank you my darling Ruby darling;⁷
I've never been to the ballet and I would love to see The Nutcracker, however, the Royal Ballet in Stockholm, where I live, have their own version of The Nutcracker where they mix the original story with a Swedish Christmas fairy tale ("Petter och Lottas jul" by Elsa Beskow) and that's not really what I want. I've seen a figure skating performance of the ballet, though, and that was great!
Ever since I was a child, I've been amazed by the Nutcracker Story and Ballett. It's always been a dream of mine to see the Ballett with my mum, but tickets are always so expensive :( So I'm so happy for you, that you got to see the Ballett! 😍
Love the nutcracker and always love you videos🙏 Also very excited to see you're interested in ballet. I'm a dancer myself and love nutcracker season. Highly recommend watching different companies, as for example, the Russian (original) version is so completely different from the Royal Ballet version. Over time I found a favorite (the New York City Ballet version), and it's also just a nice Christmas tradition. Merry Christmas Ruby💗
I love your videos Ruby, I imagine that if you didn’t make RUclips videos you would live exactly in the same way as you show on here and do the same things and there is something really authentic and special about it. 😊
So interesting what you said about children's literature and C. S. Lewis quote. I love some children's books, especially the classics but sometimes I caught myself trying to justify why I'm reading them like "Oh, it is really good even if it is for children". As if the fact that is aimed for younger audiences diminishes its quality. If a book is good it shouldn't matter whether is aimed for children or not . By the way, such a lovely video, I adore the Nutcracker💙
I'm confused. I have a copy of The Nutcracker, but it's written by Alexandre Dumas. I thought this was the book that inspired the ballet. I've never heard of Hoffman's version. Did both books inspire the ballet? I've always loved the Nutcracker since I was little and finally bought a copy of the book last year. I just want to know if I should find a copy of Hoffman's version as well 😊
I'm pretty sure that Hoffman wrote the original - so I suppose the Dumas is a retelling? It's such a wonderful story that it has been retold many many times!
@@RubyGranger8 Dumas' version was a French "translation" of the original Hoffmann tale. But he embellished a lot of things in it, changed Marie's age to seven and half (instead of seven), explicitly stated that Fritz was nine (his age was never stated in the original, though I personally always pictured him as older than Marie), and, if I recall correctly, cut out Luise entirely. It also includes a fairly long explanation about the differences between German and French Christmas traditions so as not to confuse readers, some of the more violent details are chopped, Fritz is outright made a "bad kid," and overall it just doesn't have the same charm. This version has been translated into English as well because of the differences it has, and some people have ended up reading that one instead of the Hoffmann version. A lot of people will stress that the ballet was based on the Dumas' version rather than the Hoffmann, but in all honesty it's a minor point because it's pretty much the same story, even if only structurally.
Went to a captivatingly magical Nutcracker in Warsaw a year ago and I was driven there by a Ukrainian Uber driver, which seems so eerie now. The war was already in the air and he was very worried about his family and friends back home. I often think what happened to them. This year all Russian ballets at Warsaw’s Grand Theatre were cancelled.
I loved this video. The Nutcracker has been apart of my family's Christmas tradition since 1970! I would love to recommend the book Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet became a Christmas Tradition in the World by Jennifer Fisher. It is a quick read and really helped me understand the tradition in the US.
The first time I heard the nutcracker, it was in a tom and Jerry movie and boy it swallowed me whole like I just sat there and listened to it for such a long time...i really enjoyed it though, and today ruby has inspired me to listen to it again.
Ruby, have you seen the documentary series ‘On Pointe’ on Disney+? It tells the story of a term at the School of American Ballet in their run up to The Nutcracker at the Lincoln Centre.
I really love these character/film/performance/book themed videos, it's like stepping inside the story's aesthetic 🤍 would you consider doing something related to the new Wednesday show?
Have you seen the McKenzie Foy version of the Nutcracker movie, I really enjoyed it. Seeing that movie was like my first experience of the nutcracker. I loved that you had the sugar plum fairy song on your RUclips video too.
Lucky you!!! I absolutely love the Royal Ballet, I´m a huge ballet fan, also dance as a hobby, and my fave company is the royal ballet! Their productions are so lovely! The dancers have a great balance between good and controlled technique, but also bringing their personality, their own interpretation into the roles. Ofc. many dancers do this, but the royal ballets style alwys gets me. I really hope I can see them live some day
This is so so interesting to read! Thank you for taking the time to write this! And for recommending other ballets. I really want to watch Sleeping Beauty and your recommendation is just the cherry on top of convincing me! And I agree that the second act of The Winter's Tale ballet is just exquisite
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Ahhhh, ballet is THE art of arts. It's music made visible. I couldn't know how to express it better.
“Music made visible” - oh, I love that!
Can't you say that any dance is music made visible, though? Ballet may be more precise than most dances but you can still see the rhythm of music reflected in any good dancer.
of course as long as it is a good dancer@@ellenkarlsson9490
you doing things such as seeing the nutcracker on your own provides great comfort for me as I love doing things alone but always feel weird or lonely for liking that , so thank you
It's strange how society makes us believe that it's always better to do things with others... doing things by ourselves is so important
@@RubyGranger8 As an introvert, I quite agree.
Her videos never get old
I know. They are lame af right from day 1 HAHAHAHAHA
Never :)
@@thenoobalmighty8790 why are you here?
@@actgirl1234567 i need somewhere to troll 😂 and a bit bored. How are you today??
I agree
You are truly an artist with your videos and your writing and your writer's heart really shines through.
I love the way she writes. It’s so poetic. I aspire to write in that way one day.
your festive videos are so comforting - specifically your book focused one’s like your readathon
Just so people know, the royal ballet does a live stream of the Nutcracker every year that you can watch in local cinemas all over the world. It’s really affordable and it’s a great way to see the ballet up close. It’s got extremely difficult to get tickets for the royal opera house in recent years due to demand, so it’s a great way to see the ballet if you never have.
I realise Ruby mentioned it, but the livestream in the theatres is really worth seeing specifically as it involves behind the scenes interviews and this year Darcy Bussell presented it.
The Nutcracker is one of my favorite Christmas stories of all time. My Mom read it to me even before I knew that the ballet existed (I had heard the music, but didn't know what it was from). I still remember that long ago night, my Mom reading me various Christmas books late one night, wrapped in a warm blanket, and I remember enjoying The Nutcracker so much. Funny enough, I've been in the process of making an audiobook of The Nutcracker that I'm trying to put up before Christmas if I finish it in time. That's why I found it so cool that you made this video around the same time.
“Щелкунчик” Чайковского по мотивам сказки Гофмана прекрасен!!! Спасибо за видео, получилось очень рождественским❤️
As a ballet dancer, the Nutcracker has always been a big part of my winter memory, whether it is watching the performance or being on stage. I love your description of the waltz of snowflakes, which made I realized that I’ve been too focused on the techniques and choreography that I’ve overlooked the essence of dance (and arts): to create magic by realizing the impossible. Thank you for this insight, Ruby!
This is one of the most beautifully filmed videos you have created. Thank you Ruby 💙
that means so much to hear! thank you x
@Ruby Granger such a cosy, comforting watch. I'm sure you will continue to inspire ✨️ many to see the casual magic you have shared with us in this video....for instance how you described the dancers as snowflakes. 💙 I always loved the whimsy of the Barbie animated version of the Nutcracker as a kid. Now as an adult, you have reminded me to rewatch this and experience it again...I wonder if it will still hold the same wonder as before?
Are you able to share with us when you feel your book may be ready? I can not wait to read and listen to all of the wonders of your imagination.
Your xmas tree is absolutely gorgeous! Have a wonderful christmas Ruby!
What a doll.. simplicity (beauty) at it's finest. Thank you, sweet girl. Loves from Montana, USA
Checking your channel after a long day to see if a new video has been uploaded has become a habit, Ruby! I can't express how much I adore and value your presence. You simply brighten my days. Thank you!
Your days must be hella lame HAHA
Me too Jeyran!
@@Rinzler.14 happy to hear that!
It's great to see anything with both a live orchestra AND live performers. If you like ballet, you will REALLY like opera. Orchestra PLUS singers, soloists and a big chorus so powerful they need no amplification like in a musical. PLUS dancers often and amazing sets.
I like the idea of watching opera, but I actually didn't really like it when I saw a show (embarrassing to admit, even though it shouldn't be!). It was five years ago though so maybe my tastes have changed since then -- I might have to give it another go x
i first watched the nutcracker when i was 6, i'm now 23 and it is my all time favourite ballet performance. the music is so beautiful too. will never not love it ❤
I absolutely love the nutcracker!!!! This is the perfect video to get me into the Christmas spirit!!! ❤🎄🎄
This video must have taken a long time to put together. The main theme of the Nutcracker was beautifully embellished with other interesting tidbits that made watching it magical! C.S. Lewis is a master storyteller and Tchaikovsky a master composer-Thank you, Ruby!
Ah Larry thank you! It was indeed quite a project but I am so so pleased with the end result!
@@RubyGranger8 You’re welcome, and Happy Christmas!
Ballet is the poetry of the body
So in the spirit and aire of the season. Thank you Ruby!
*nutcracker inspired* you say.. so excited for this one!!
I aim to see The Nutcracker ballet yearly. Anyone else a fan?
Omg yes! I see the nutcracker every year! It’s truly magical.
This was so charming!! Please do something like this again!
Right back here now it’s Christmas season! This is my fave video! 🎄
What a beautiful video! I love the Nutcracker as well and would love to watch it at the Royal Opera House one day as I think it is such a magical place and I also love the Royal Ballet Company. Thank you for taking us along.
I love the ambiance of the videos and the music. The tea !!!!!! Thank you for all the work you put into these Ruby.
She is gorgeous!.
This was such a delight to watch. Thanks, Ruby! I always assumed sugar plums were either candied plums or a plum hard candy. Definitely going to make some sugar plums. They look delicious.
P.S. It's so beautiful that you got to see your favorite piece of music performed live. Brought tears to my eyes. Really lovely.
You really do convey a festive feeling through this video. Thank you so much for this amazing video, Ruby. I really want to watch and listen to an audiobook of the nutcracker now while baking something. 🙈
What's an adiobook??
Such a well rounded Christmas video. Very much enjoyed. Thank you Ruby.
Thank you Leslie! I appreciate that! x
Very pleasing and informative video, Ruby! Thank you for sharing your experiences!🍀
The nutcracker has been one of my favorite Christmas stories since I was in elementary school and I began starting a new tradition a few years ago of going to the theater every Christmas to see The nutcracker. My parents were not into ballet but I marvel at the performance of the story even though it's not in words it's in dancing and music. And one time for Ballroom class since I'm a ballroom dancer I did a waltz with the music the grandfather waltz and many of my fellow dancers just loved it.
I picked The Nutcracker for my book club read and so want to go watch it too, shall try and get tickets for next year 🤞 I love history and feels like a history lesson in a good way your vlogs, love them x
What a good choice!! I hope you like it!
What an exquisite way to start Christmas. I too have seen the Nutcracker there at Christmas and it is a far superior way, in my opinion, to start the celebrations than a raucous pantomime, with non-ebrities* (*celebrities I've never heard of) trying to be funny.
I love your coat too, you always dress so well and for that I applaud you in these days of sloppy and shapeless raiment.
Thank you for posting and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Thank you for the all the inspiration! I've been applying what I've learned from you this week, and I have been so productive! I finally can get up in the morning! I am a morning person, but I was living like I wasn't. Thank you so much!
Thrilled to see you playing a vinyl record in the beginning scene !!!
Ballet around Christmas time - a superb combination, and one that suits you, Ruby!
Beautiful video, Ruby! Great content!
I can’t imagine walking around with that dress (you make it look fairy-like though of course) in snowy weather. I’m so used to the warmth of the south, I think I’d die. Thank you for another enchanting video, Ruby!
I am seeing the nutcracker tonight so watching your video in readiness ! Gorgeous video as always xxxx
This was so beautiful and engaging to watch! xx
I love the, the Nutcracker is my absolute favourite, very magical ❄️🩰💕🫶🏻
Such a lovely video, as always :) Thank you for helping me get into the Christmas spirit
Can't beat a live orchestra!
What a wonderful experience to really get into the Christmas spirit. Somehow the music and ballet for The Nutcracker always does this. I need to check out the book that it is based on and love your description about how the book is similar to other fairy tales in its dark themes. Very different from what we see today. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Holly! I'm so pleased you liked the video and I completely agree with you about it getting you into the festive spirit x
It is darker, but, in all honesty, I think the book is still appropriate for families, and I was never bothered by it even when I was a kid. I actually thought it was a beautiful story. If you do get around to reading it, I recommend checking out the version translated by Ralph Manheim with Maurice Sendak's illustrations. It's a cool little edition of the book. But if you want a public domain version instead, Project Gutenberg has an excellent one included in "The Serapion Brethren" (which is a collection of some of Hoffmann's works) translated by Major Alex Ewing. And whatever you do, if you can avoid it, do *not* read the translation included on Wikisource. It's awfully inaccurate.
@@curtthegamer934 Thanks for the information. I found the audiobook (of the original) on Scribd and was looking at the first edition on kindle as well. It is pretty inexpensive so I might do that one (an illustrated version of the original). But I will also look up the specific edition that you mentioned with Sendak's illustrations. That sounds perfect. Can't wait to read the actual book while listening to the music!
I hope you know that you bring smiles to so many faces by posting❤
This is such a lovely thing to comment!
This was such a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing and for the recommendations that are similar to the nutcracker!
Ive also watched the nutcracker recently but it was a much humbler production here in Rio and I loved it so much, truly one of the happiest moments of the last couple years and I specially enjoyed picking an outfit inspired by Clara’s Christmas party dress!!
also 14:20 makes me think of The Secret Garden ❤️
I hope you loved the show
Just ordered the yearly planner and I can't wait! Also, I respect your committment to filming outside in short sleeves when it's freezing cold!!
Just came home from seeing the Nutcracker and am now watching this video. What serendipity! 🎄
What a coincidence! I hope you loved it!
Dear Ruby, I like your style so much!😍
That was a really lovely video, Ruby!
Have a beautiful festive season! ❤🙂
Thank you! You too!
Thank you for this magic! 🎄✨
I have that book! Love the illustrations!
I love the Nutcracker, both the book as well as the ballet. In 2019 my boyfriend and another couple we are friends with travelled to Budapest to see the ballet - it was absolutely beautiful ☺️
Hey Ruby love your videos. I don’t think you fully understand how helpful and fun your videos are (not an exaggeration by the way) thank you so much. I hope you do what you enjoy as you continue outside university.
I love your videos so much Ruby. I've been having a really rough week and this video made me feel so much happier and calm and christmassy 💕also, I always love your hats and accessories, would love to see a hat/accessory collection some time, just out of pure curiosity as someone who is only just realising that I enjoy wearing them more than I used to
Knew I would love this even just twenty seconds in! :)
Hey Ruby - such a great video!
Nice , superb , nice sweet recipes. 👍👍
Enjoyed todays video so much ❤thankyou 🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻
Thank you for this beautiful video🥰
Rudy's verbiage is quiet eloquent which makes my own vernacular pose inadequate
Ooh I want to make those sugar plums ! Thank you for the recipe. They look easy to make.
I got "Winter Tales" and "The Clockwork Sparrow" because you've recommended both before and I love them. Especially Winter Tales is one of my best purchases. So, thank you, Ruby 😊📚
It's our love for the same things and ways of life that is soo much cheerier on a bad day that helps so much Ruby and I thank you my darling Ruby darling;⁷
I’m going to the Nutcracker with my mom in Denver next week for her 70th birthday! I’m so excited! ❄️
sat down with a green tea after finishing my last day of year 12 for christmas 🫶🫶 perfect video for this
I've never been to the ballet and I would love to see The Nutcracker, however, the Royal Ballet in Stockholm, where I live, have their own version of The Nutcracker where they mix the original story with a Swedish Christmas fairy tale ("Petter och Lottas jul" by Elsa Beskow) and that's not really what I want. I've seen a figure skating performance of the ballet, though, and that was great!
Ever since I was a child, I've been amazed by the Nutcracker Story and Ballett. It's always been a dream of mine to see the Ballett with my mum, but tickets are always so expensive :(
So I'm so happy for you, that you got to see the Ballett! 😍
Such a cosy video. I had always assumed sugar plums were just crystallised plums
Love the nutcracker and always love you videos🙏 Also very excited to see you're interested in ballet. I'm a dancer myself and love nutcracker season. Highly recommend watching different companies, as for example, the Russian (original) version is so completely different from the Royal Ballet version. Over time I found a favorite (the New York City Ballet version), and it's also just a nice Christmas tradition. Merry Christmas Ruby💗
Thank you for the recommendations! I am really getting into ballet and hope to watch more in the new year :) x
this video is so whimsical thank you RUBY😍.
Just curious, are you planning on doing a 2022 reading wrap up like last year? I always look forward to your book videos :)
I was literally listening to it yesterday and today morning...
I love your videos Ruby, I imagine that if you didn’t make RUclips videos you would live exactly in the same way as you show on here and do the same things and there is something really authentic and special about it. 😊
I really do try to live authentically -- although it's hard to know what it means to be authentic sometimes? xx
What a beautiful video xx
So interesting what you said about children's literature and C. S. Lewis quote. I love some children's books, especially the classics but sometimes I caught myself trying to justify why I'm reading them like "Oh, it is really good even if it is for children". As if the fact that is aimed for younger audiences diminishes its quality. If a book is good it shouldn't matter whether is aimed for children or not . By the way, such a lovely video, I adore the Nutcracker💙
The Enchanted Sonata by Heather Dixon Wallwork is a Nutcracker retelling and it's such a great book!
I'm confused. I have a copy of The Nutcracker, but it's written by Alexandre Dumas. I thought this was the book that inspired the ballet. I've never heard of Hoffman's version. Did both books inspire the ballet? I've always loved the Nutcracker since I was little and finally bought a copy of the book last year. I just want to know if I should find a copy of Hoffman's version as well 😊
I'm pretty sure that Hoffman wrote the original - so I suppose the Dumas is a retelling? It's such a wonderful story that it has been retold many many times!
@@RubyGranger8 Dumas' version was a French "translation" of the original Hoffmann tale. But he embellished a lot of things in it, changed Marie's age to seven and half (instead of seven), explicitly stated that Fritz was nine (his age was never stated in the original, though I personally always pictured him as older than Marie), and, if I recall correctly, cut out Luise entirely. It also includes a fairly long explanation about the differences between German and French Christmas traditions so as not to confuse readers, some of the more violent details are chopped, Fritz is outright made a "bad kid," and overall it just doesn't have the same charm. This version has been translated into English as well because of the differences it has, and some people have ended up reading that one instead of the Hoffmann version. A lot of people will stress that the ballet was based on the Dumas' version rather than the Hoffmann, but in all honesty it's a minor point because it's pretty much the same story, even if only structurally.
Ruby I love u and ur videos so much
Went to a captivatingly magical Nutcracker in Warsaw a year ago and I was driven there by a Ukrainian Uber driver, which seems so eerie now. The war was already in the air and he was very worried about his family and friends back home. I often think what happened to them.
This year all Russian ballets at Warsaw’s Grand Theatre were cancelled.
the snow on the planner😬🤯
Fantastic video Ruby 👍
Hi darling happy Christmas ☃️ I hope you have a great time darlingxx kept safe and warm x
My favorite RUclipsr for 2022.
I loved this video. The Nutcracker has been apart of my family's Christmas tradition since 1970! I would love to recommend the book Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet became a Christmas Tradition in the World by Jennifer Fisher. It is a quick read and really helped me understand the tradition in the US.
great video concept
The first time I heard the nutcracker, it was in a tom and Jerry movie and boy it swallowed me whole like I just sat there and listened to it for such a long time...i really enjoyed it though, and today ruby has inspired me to listen to it again.
LOVE that!
I love your videoosss!!
You look so pretty in the thumbnail 🥰
could you do a day of The Secret Garden? the location you live in replicates the book so perfectly!
Ich liebe die Zuckerfee. Ganz besonders wenn Nina Kaptsova tanzt.
how does living my dream feels 😭💔
I love the way you read Ruby it's so soothing. You have a good tone to your voice. 🤓📓🖋️
ah thank you!
Where is your stunning gold floral mirror from? 🪞
Ruby, have you seen the documentary series ‘On Pointe’ on Disney+? It tells the story of a term at the School of American Ballet in their run up to The Nutcracker at the Lincoln Centre.
I really love these character/film/performance/book themed videos, it's like stepping inside the story's aesthetic 🤍 would you consider doing something related to the new Wednesday show?
When I see this remember herry Porter character harmani granger as emma watson
Have you seen the McKenzie Foy version of the Nutcracker movie, I really enjoyed it. Seeing that movie was like my first experience of the nutcracker. I loved that you had the sugar plum fairy song on your RUclips video too.
Yes and I loved it!
I can't get comfortable looking at a short sleeves dress in full snow xD I'm trembling at the thought
It was a rough 7 minutes :p
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Another great Christmas book is The Box of Delights by John Masefield
Lucky you!!! I absolutely love the Royal Ballet, I´m a huge ballet fan, also dance as a hobby, and my fave company is the royal ballet! Their productions are so lovely! The dancers have a great balance between good and controlled technique, but also bringing their personality, their own interpretation into the roles. Ofc. many dancers do this, but the royal ballets style alwys gets me. I really hope I can see them live some day
This is so so interesting to read! Thank you for taking the time to write this! And for recommending other ballets.
I really want to watch Sleeping Beauty and your recommendation is just the cherry on top of convincing me! And I agree that the second act of The Winter's Tale ballet is just exquisite