Act II

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Act II is the concluding section of Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, set in the Land of Sweets and featuring many of its most famous character dances and musical numbers.

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Act II canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Sweets ⓘ
basedOn The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ⓘ
basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ
centralTheme celebration in the Land of Sweets ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
containsNumber Arabian Dance (Coffee) ⓘ
Chinese Dance (Tea) ⓘ
Dance of the Mirlitons ⓘ
Divertissement ⓘ
Entrance of Clara and the Prince to the Land of Sweets ⓘ
Final Waltz and Apotheosis ⓘ
Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles ⓘ
linked to: Polichinelles

Pas de deux (Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier) ⓘ
Russian Dance (Trepak) ⓘ
Spanish Dance (Chocolate) ⓘ
Variation of the Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
Waltz of the Flowers ⓘ
featuresCharacter Arabian dancers ⓘ
Cavalier (Prince Coqueluche) ⓘ
Chinese dancers ⓘ
Clara ⓘ
Dewdrop ⓘ
Flowers ⓘ
Mirlitons (reed flutes) ⓘ
Mother Ginger ⓘ
Polichinelles ⓘ
Russian dancers ⓘ
Spanish dancers ⓘ
Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
The Nutcracker Prince ⓘ
featuresDanceType divertissement ⓘ
waltz ⓘ
featuresForm grand pas de deux ⓘ
genre classical ballet ⓘ
language instrumental (no sung text) ⓘ
narrativeFunction conclusion of the ballet ⓘ
notableInstrumentation celesta ⓘ
notablePiece Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
originalChoreographer Lev Ivanov ⓘ
Marius Petipa ⓘ
partOf The Nutcracker ⓘ
positionInWork second act ⓘ
premiereCity Saint Petersburg ⓘ
premiereCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
premiereDate 1892-12-18 ⓘ
premierePlace Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Mariinsky Theatre
setting Land of Sweets ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sweets
structure series of character dances and ensemble numbers ⓘ
workBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ

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