Subsequently, these figures considered as amulets of luck and protection, were recorded in the book German mythology by Jacob Grimm in 1835. However, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann had already written The Nutcracker and the king of mice In 1816, a story that would inspire Alexandre Dumas to create a children's version.
In turn, Theodor Amadeus inspired Heinrich Hoffmann in 1851 to publish a very popular story among children in Germany thanks to their illustrations, which were taken by Wilhelm Friedrich Füchtner, a German carpenter and craftsman, to create in 1870 The soldiers that we know today.
The Nutcrackers are one of the most representative decorative figures at Christmas.Andy Holmes / Unspash.
What is it about The Nutcracker from Hoffman and what does it have to do with Christmas?
Hoffmann's version, The Nutcracker King and poor Reynaldoit is the story that established the first relationship between the Nutcrackers Christmassince it tells the story of a German bourgeois family, whose girl receives a woody wood in the Christmas tree and, once you fall asleep, begins to dream that the dolls come alive.
Although the doll was a prince who was going to marry a princess, he was dressed in a mouse and turned into a wooden toy Nutcrackerso all the characters fight to break the spell.
Ballet inspired by history The Nutcracker With Tchaikovsky music he is one of the most famous in the world.KAZUO OTA / UNSPLASH.
Where can you see ballet The Nutcracker live?
Hoffman's story not only inspired films and other versions of this story, but The Christmas ballet The Nutcracker With music from Tchaikovsky He is one of the best known, which premiered worldwide in 1892 at the Mariunsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In Mexico, this ballet piece is interpreted every year by the National Dance Company in the National Auditorium since 2001, with more than 20 artists on stage accompanied the Orchestra of the Theater of Fine Arts and the Spanish director Julia Cruz. For more information, visit the National Auditorium website.