Hey everyone! Last night I had another rehearsal. We practiced with Clara and the Nutcracker, the adorable mice, and the soldier captain. Oh, and the soldiers of course! It has really come a long way. All we really need to do is add in the Mouse Queen, and the whole scene is finished!
Our battle scene is different than any I've ever seen, but I really love it. It starts when Clara sneaks onto stage after the party scene late at night and sees her Nutcracker, runs over to him, and holds him. She walks over to the couch and gives a big yawn before falling asleep. Then the mice start coming out. First it's just one that runs across stage, then more come out, and finally the Mouse queen comes. Clara wakes up, and just as the Mouse Queen is about to attack, her Godfather/Weird Magical Uncle dude Drosselmeyer comes out of nowhere and scares away the Queen. She begs Drosselmeyer to make her Nutcracker lifesize. He says no, but eventually the Nutcracker comes to life, and Clara, overjoyed, runs over to curtsy to him and kiss his hands. Two tiny mice run out and scare her, and she jumps into the Nutcracker's arms. Once the little mice run off stage, she gets down and dances with him a little. He calls the soldiers on stage, and we march along the back of the stage and watch while the soldier captain enters and gives the nutcracker a sword and then she dances a bit and we march off stage. Then we return on stage, and instead of the classic cannon, we each shoot a mouse, and they fall back and wave their little hands and feet in the air. We then do a little dancing, the soldier queen as well, and then form a semicircle around the Nutcracker and Mouse Queen as they fight. The Nutcracker gets stabbed, but thanks to Clara chucking her pointe shoe at the Queen, he stabs her and she dies. Then we walk off stage, and Clara and Nutcracker Pas de Deux. Last time was the first time we saw the pas de deux, and it was soo adorable. It's really powerful and emotional, and I hate to say, romantic (I hate to say it because he's 17 and she's like 12, but it's true!). I'm not even going to lie, I teared up a little. It was so cute.
We have our next rehearsal next weekend, Friday and Sunday, and then just Sundays until the show!
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