Sugar Plum, Chinese, Mirlitons from Fantasia

Walt Disney's "Fantasia" contained a rather long section from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. This one has his team's presentation of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Chinese Dance", and "Dance of the Mirlitons". Fantasia hit the silver screen in the year 1940, and has become a Classic of the Motion Picture Arts. Music by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowsky.

Acccording to the announcer on the film, these are taken from the Nutcracker Suite, which was much of the music from the ballet. He said that Nutcracker Suite was Tchaikovsky's least liked work, yet it has become one of his most popular pieces. He also said that the ballet is no longer performed. I gusss he had never heard of the Bolshoi and the Kirov, at the time, or the Mariinsky today.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Fantasia
• Disney
• Tchaikovsky
• Nutcracker
• Movie
• Film
• Leopold
• Stokowsky

[FightsRightsAlways]

hahahah who loves the little mushroom the best??he doesn't have the long hat like the rest of them but he's the cutest one indeed,

[piercedxheartx3]

omg haha when the lil mushroom shakes his butt at 2:49 !! <3

[Floobegusted]

I saw this film and the second one with my mother and my grandmother at the cinema. My Grandmother loved this film.

[justintam14]

made in china

[lol5445ify]

the small little mishromm is funny

[sarahsandiego2]

THE WITTLE MUSHROOM!

[tokidoki0500]

@jsnhyns Well yeah. This was made in the '40s. That by itself screams "racist"

[fortunate900]

:) Cute mushrooms ^_^

[firegarden90]

Oh man oh man oh man I'm re-living Bioshock. OH GOD. "I WANT TO TAKE THE EARS OFF! pleeeeeease TAKE THEM OFF!"

[tanabelle]

Ah man!!! I haven't watched fantasia in forever, but each time I revisit it, I'm as breathless as the time before!!!! Beautiful, beautiful imagery and absolutely stunning music is just enough to jump start my imagination!!! :) <3

[fox9ninja]

I remember when I was little I honestly believed that the giant mushrooms growing in the park had the ability to dance.

[plasmaforce11]

:P mushirooMz