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The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Music
Georges Bizet
Choreography
George Balanchine

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Based on Hans Christian Andersen's charming fairytale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier finds bittersweet romance between a paper doll ballerina and a smitten toy soldier.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier, based loosely on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, focuses on the wistful courtship and love between a tin soldier and a paper-doll ballerina. The work was commissioned by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

The present pas de deux stems from a 1955 collaboration in which Balanchine, Francisco Moncion, and Barbara Milberg choreographed all of Bizet's Jeux d'Enfants. Both the context and the woman's variation of The Steadfast Tin Soldier were derived from this earlier work. The soldier's variation was restaged for the new pas de deux.

11 minutes

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Anatomy of a Dance

Erica Pereira on George Balanchine's THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER

Though the Paper Doll's staccato movement quality and deceivingly challenging steps push Erica Pereira out of her comfort zone, she explains why she feels right at home in this "little gem" of a ballet.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Soloist Erica Pereira's uncanny portrayal of a paper doll ballerina in George Balanchine's The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

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