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The Nutcracker

The Ballet have a very succesful story and present a lot works of Slovak composers, e.g. Magic Night and Poem Macabre (music by E. Suchoň), The Jinxes (music by I. Zeljenka), Soldier and a Mother (music by J. Cikker), choreographies by Karol. Tóth, and also Metamorphoses (music by E. Suchoň), choreography by Jozef Dolinský, and a ballet for children A Bug was Born (music by T. Frešo), choreography by Jozef Zajko. Of Russian provenance the most successful was Spartacus by A. I. Khachaturian staged by Otar M. Dadishkiliani.
Other premieres were Three Cards (music by K. V. Molchanov), The Prodigal Son, The Inspector (music by A. B. Tchaikovsky), choreography by Jozef Dolinský, followed by The Legend of Love, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, etc. Among the best were works by Karol Tóth, such as The Rites of Spring, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (music by M. Jarre), as well as a composition by the Cuban choreographer, Iván Tenorio, The House of Bernarda Alba (music by S. F. Barroso). Other choreographers at that time were Miroslav Kůra and a Slovenian choreographer Henrik Neubauer.