Never in my Nutcracker-saturated years had I actually read Hoffmann’s tale “The Nutcracker and The Mouse King.” I dug into the Penguin Classics edition of Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker, which contains both Hoffmann’s 1816 original and Alexandre Dumas’s 1845 retelling and features an introduction by German scholar Jack Zipes.
(Except for the fact that my sister danced the role of Mouse Queen, which meant that the usual rodent-patriarchal-monarchy had been supplanted by a woman).
It seemed that Hoffmann’s tale had nothing to with 2016, and that issued a challenge. Last week, I traveled to Boston to watch my sister perform in her nineteenth year of Nutcracker, and the next day we sat in the Massachusetts State House, watching the state’s electors vote for Hillary Clinton. Recently I joke tweeted “What The Nutcracker’s Battle With the Rat King Taught Us About Trump Resistance,” as if I were writing that piece. It’s become my grown-up tradition to look back in snark ( “How the Nutcracker Wrecked My Christmas” ) or with sincerity ( “To All The Young Women Never Cast As Clara” ). Now, a decade out from my dancing career, I’ve carried The Nutcracker into my writing life. If we were too busy for Christmas, at least we were reconstituted on the stage as a family, having Christmas as a nineteenth century German family. My mother and father often played parents in the party scene-why not participate when waiting on daughters at rehearsal?-which put Nutcracker at the center of our holiday season. I’ve portrayed a jester, an orchid, a horse, and a cavalry-on-a-felt-horse, all to bring E.T.A Hoffmann’s tale to life again and again. I’ve aided King Rat as a mouse, waltzed as a flower, and pulled my actual sister’s hair as a wig-clad lad in the party scene. Une évaluation informelle du prototype initial a indiqué que l'exposition atteint son but, à savoir informer les utilisateurs sur les concepts présentés.Between the ages of eight and eighteen, I danced in over one hundred performances of The Nutcracker. L'exposition utilise des moyens d'interaction physiques pour amener les visiteurs à participer d'une façon que ne permettrait pas les techniques d'interaction normales que sont le clavier et la souris. Cet article décrit la conception et la mise sur pied d'une exposition scientifique qui vise à faire comprendre aux enfants les différents facteurs qui peuvent influer sur la vitesse d'exécution d'un ordinateur. indicated that the exhibit is successful at informing the users of the concepts being presented.
An informal evaluation of the initial prototype has. The exhibit uses tangible interaction engaging visitors in a way that would not be possible using standard interaction techniques such as a keyboard and mouse. This paper describes the design and implementation of a science exhibit aimed at giving children an understanding of the different factors that can affect the speed of a computer.
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