Scottish Ballet bosses will make changes to The Nutcracker after an anti-racism review found some scenes 'proliferated racial stereotypes'.
The dance company will remove 'elements of caricature' from Arabian and Chinese sequences in The Nutcracker as part of an overhaul of a production first staged 1972.
Changes to characters, costumes and choreography will be made to scenes in The Land of the Sweets in The Nutcracker, which will feature a cast of 40 children.
Act two of the ballet represents different nationalities through the 'dances of the sweets', including Spanish 'Chocolate', Arabian 'Coffee' and Chinese 'Tea'.
Drosselmeyer, the enigmatic toymaker and magician character in the 19th-century ballet, will be played by both male and female performers for the first time in the company's history.
The Nutcracker opens in Edinburgh on December 1 and will be touring Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Act two of The Nutcracker Ballet represents different nationalities through the 'dances of the sweets'.
Foreign delicacies were very rare and people did not travel nearly as much when the ballet was created.
Dances performed by the sweets represent delicacies thought to be special enough to feature in the main character Clara's fantasy world.
Dancers' costumes depict sweets they bring from overseas.
Special dances include Spanish 'Chocolate', featuring lively trumpets and castanets; Arabian 'Coffee', where women dance in veils; and Chinese 'Tea', which involves an exotic Asian flute chorus.
In the 'Candy Canes' dance, Russian dolls follow the Mandarin tea dances with a Russin trepak.
-- Edited by Digger on Friday 5th of November 2021 10:20:18 PM
Digger said
Nov 5 10:20 PM, 2021
They are determined to squeeze the joy out of everything.
Digger said
Nov 5 10:21 PM, 2021
I hope nobody goes to see it. Seriously? What's fucking wrong with them?
Magica said
Nov 5 10:35 PM, 2021
On ffs, enough already. They just want everything to be as bloody miserable as they are! 🙄
John Doe said
Nov 5 11:11 PM, 2021
Digger wrote:
I hope nobody goes to see it. Seriously? What's fucking wrong with them?
I agree 100% Digs.
This continual rewriting and erasing of history, art, film. television and literature is quite sickening.
On the same subject on the word of one man the Yorkshire cricket team will now soon fall apart (I am sure everyone is aware of the story by now).
Oh and Michael Vaughn is not a 'racist' either and neither was the Lord God (Sir Geoffrey of Boycott) but he knew when to escape the BBC's preposterous racial/sex quota system and ever increasing woke/cancel culture.
Fuck them.
John Doe said
Nov 5 11:14 PM, 2021
I have to say though that as someone with a partially Dalek heritage I found this video truly offensive and anyone who dares to laugh at it should be immediately exterminated.
Syl said
Nov 5 11:26 PM, 2021
They will be erasing classics like this next.
Maddog said
Nov 6 12:02 AM, 2021
They're just trying to help.
This is why right wing parties flourish.
People are stuck between choosing the right, or the woke left.
John Doe said
Nov 6 12:32 AM, 2021
Syl wrote:
They will be erasing classics like this next.
It's only a matter of time Syl.
Have you noticed that the comments have been turned off?
Pathetic.
John Doe said
Nov 6 12:39 AM, 2021
The next series to be erased.
Syl said
Nov 6 12:43 PM, 2021
John Doe wrote:
Syl wrote:
They will be erasing classics like this next.
It's only a matter of time Syl.
Have you noticed that the comments have been turned off?
Pathetic.
I hadn't noticed...but the likes far outweigh the don't likes, and rightly so.
Digger said
Nov 6 12:54 PM, 2021
John Doe wrote:
I have to say though that as someone with a partially Dalek heritage I found this video truly offensive and anyone who dares to laugh at it should be immediately exterminated.
I've never thought Spike Milligan was funny. Everyone else thinks he's hilarious, but he's never floated my boat.
Syl said
Nov 6 1:40 PM, 2021
I didn't find him funny either, all the Goon humour left me cold.
It was funny though when he was asked what he would like to be written on his headstone after he died, his answer was "I told you I was ill".
John Doe said
Nov 6 4:40 PM, 2021
Digger wrote:
John Doe wrote:
I have to say though that as someone with a partially Dalek heritage I found this video truly offensive and anyone who dares to laugh at it should be immediately exterminated.
I've never thought Spike Milligan was funny. Everyone else thinks he's hilarious, but he's never floated my boat.
I was not a huge fan but I did enjoy the sheer absurdity of this sketch.
Possibly because the woke-brigade will have a heart attack when viewing it.
Anonymous said
Nov 9 10:37 AM, 2021
Syl wrote:
I didn't find him funny either, all the Goon humour left me cold. It was funny though when he was asked what he would like to be written on his headstone after he died, his answer was "I told you I was ill".
Even he didn’t find himself funny. Chronically depressive.
Syl said
Nov 11 11:16 AM, 2021
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
I didn't find him funny either, all the Goon humour left me cold. It was funny though when he was asked what he would like to be written on his headstone after he died, his answer was "I told you I was ill".
Even he didn’t find himself funny. Chronically depressive.
Depression sometimes does go hand in hand with some of the famous comics.
Scottish Ballet bosses will make changes to The Nutcracker after an anti-racism review found some scenes 'proliferated racial stereotypes'.
The dance company will remove 'elements of caricature' from Arabian and Chinese sequences in The Nutcracker as part of an overhaul of a production first staged 1972.
Changes to characters, costumes and choreography will be made to scenes in The Land of the Sweets in The Nutcracker, which will feature a cast of 40 children.
Act two of the ballet represents different nationalities through the 'dances of the sweets', including Spanish 'Chocolate', Arabian 'Coffee' and Chinese 'Tea'.
Drosselmeyer, the enigmatic toymaker and magician character in the 19th-century ballet, will be played by both male and female performers for the first time in the company's history.
The Nutcracker opens in Edinburgh on December 1 and will be touring Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Act two of The Nutcracker Ballet represents different nationalities through the 'dances of the sweets'.
Foreign delicacies were very rare and people did not travel nearly as much when the ballet was created.
Dances performed by the sweets represent delicacies thought to be special enough to feature in the main character Clara's fantasy world.
Dancers' costumes depict sweets they bring from overseas.
Special dances include Spanish 'Chocolate', featuring lively trumpets and castanets; Arabian 'Coffee', where women dance in veils; and Chinese 'Tea', which involves an exotic Asian flute chorus.
In the 'Candy Canes' dance, Russian dolls follow the Mandarin tea dances with a Russin trepak.
-- Edited by Digger on Friday 5th of November 2021 10:20:18 PM
I agree 100% Digs.
This continual rewriting and erasing of history, art, film. television and literature is quite sickening.
On the same subject on the word of one man the Yorkshire cricket team will now soon fall apart (I am sure everyone is aware of the story by now).
Oh and Michael Vaughn is not a 'racist' either and neither was the Lord God (Sir Geoffrey of Boycott) but he knew when to escape the BBC's preposterous racial/sex quota system and ever increasing woke/cancel culture.
Fuck them.
I have to say though that as someone with a partially Dalek heritage I found this video truly offensive and anyone who dares to laugh at it should be immediately exterminated.
They will be erasing classics like this next.
This is why right wing parties flourish.
People are stuck between choosing the right, or the woke left.
It's only a matter of time Syl.
Have you noticed that the comments have been turned off?
Pathetic.
The next series to be erased.
I hadn't noticed...but the likes far outweigh the don't likes, and rightly so.
I've never thought Spike Milligan was funny. Everyone else thinks he's hilarious, but he's never floated my boat.
It was funny though when he was asked what he would like to be written on his headstone after he died, his answer was "I told you I was ill".
I was not a huge fan but I did enjoy the sheer absurdity of this sketch.
Possibly because the woke-brigade will have a heart attack when viewing it.
Even he didn’t find himself funny. Chronically depressive.
Depression sometimes does go hand in hand with some of the famous comics.
Tony Hancock and Peter Sellers were another two.