Word 1 of 10: NUTCRACKER
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A few of the words
- NUTCRACKER
- Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker premiered in St. Petersburg in December 1892, and it didn't become an American holiday habit until the middle of the next century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GISELLE
- Giselle first danced in Paris in 1841, and its ghostly second act, full of spirits in white, still sets the standard for romantic ballet.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ROSIN
- Dancers grind rosin into a tray and press their shoes into it so they don't slip on a polished stage.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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A free ballet word search for a quiet evening, with the hush of the house lights going down and a swan on dark water.
About The Ballet
A night at the ballet starts before the dancing does, with the orchestra tuning up in the pit and the smell of dusty velvet in the house. Then the lights drop and the corps of Swan Lake, which Tchaikovsky wrote for the Bolshoi in Moscow in 1877, moves as if nothing weighs anything. Behind it is a long morning-to-midnight world of rosin boxes and ribbons sewn by hand onto satin shoes.
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