THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS is now playing in theatres everywhere and I went to see it with my daughters to kick off the holiday season!
It was a wonderful film that highlights family traditions, motherly love, and the power of our imagination. I want to celebrate this magical movie by hosting a giveaway!
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms is a sweet hardcover book based on Disney’s Nutcracker.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms retails at $14 and features breathtaking painterly illustrations, a deeply enchanting story, and a foreword written by celebrated dancer Misty Copeland. It’s the perfect gift for your little ballet lover.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms picture book brings The Nutcracker and the Four Realms to life in a brand-new way. As the adventure from Disney’s Nutcracker jumps off of the screen and onto the page, a new generation of readers and fans will be drawn in and enchanted by the holiday spirit, the beauty of dance, and the magic of storytelling.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms was written by Calliope Glass and illustrated by Marco Bucci.
Our favorite part of the book is how it teaches us that while stories are beautiful, some of them are not entirely true and that things are not always what they seem.
More importantly, we learn that “when you’re clever, kind, and brave, you can make your own happy ending.”
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world.
It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three magical Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets.
Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale.
E.T.A. Hoffmann penned “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” in 1816. Alexandre Dumas Père’s subsequent adaptation, “The Nutcracker,” was set to Tchaikovsky’s music and the resulting ballet was commissioned in 1891 by director of the Russian Imperial Theatres.
Premiering a week before Christmas in 1892, the fairytale ballet—which takes place on Christmas Eve—became a holiday tradition around the world. The New York City Ballet first performed George Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” in 1954.
Disney’s Nutcracker and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms picture book teaches us that when you lose someone, you can find yourself.
One fortunate winner (18+ and U.S. resident) will get a copy of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms. Make sure you enter to win!
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Thursday 15th of November 2018
I read this about the book in the review; The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Dance of the Realms was written by Calliope Glass and illustrated by Marco Bucci.