Excelsior Module 8 Assignment Chapter 9 The Nutcracker Critical Analysis

Question Description

Write a 500-750 words critical analysis. Follow the APA style, using the Excelsior College Library resources on learning to use APA Style. Excelsior College Library resources on learning to use APA Style (Links to an external site.)

Using the outline given below, write a critical analysis of part of Act One from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker: The Nutcracker Ballet. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Video file][1 hr 43 min 30 sec] (minimum one-full page). In this video, Act One concludes at 52:00, and thus it is not required to watch beyond this point. Refer to the example at the end of Chapter 9 as a guide, but be sure to include the following expanded outline points:

Genre

Overall theme

Story line, movement (including the basic dance steps you recognize, mime and pantomime)

Characters

Costuming

Mise-en-scene (set)

Score (musical background)

Use of color

Lighting techniques

You will need to do some research to obtain information about the story, as we are only viewing the first part of the production.

Be sure to include a convincing, inclusive conclusion at the end of your critical analysis and a bibliography of at least two sources that you used to prepare your analysis, one of which may be the class text. Do not use and cite Wikipedia. Instead, visit the Excelsior College Library to learn about academic sources. The page on Evaluating Information Evaluating Information (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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