Write a critical analysis of Act One, Scene One from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker: The Nutcracker Ballet [Video file][1min 43 sec] (minimum one-full page). 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.