“And then I went into the ballet world and it was like I just started to blossom. I was just like this weird little thing that like kind of was stunted in my growth,” she admitted. Being one of six kids and being such an introvert and not really being nurtured in a way that like I didn’t have communication skills. Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), ruler of the Fourth Realm, is out to destroy this magical world. Grant), regent of the Land of Frost the Sugar Plum Fairy, regent of the Land of Sweets and Hawthorn (Eugenio Derbez), regent of the Land of Flowers. “She is so much more confident than I was at that age and I tell her that all the time. On her mission to save the Four Realms, Clara is supported by Shiver (Richard E. Misty grew up to be an iconic dancer, but she wasn’t always as confident. Four years ago, Misty Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatres 75-year history. “We actually met when she was 11-years-old and I’ve been mentoring her on and off since then and now she’s in the company. It’s incredible to be able to lend my experiences and help to guide this next generation and hopefully not have the same troubles that I had or make the same mistakes or just know how to navigate,” she shared. It’s amazing to have someone with me, I was alone for so long. ![]() ![]() “Erica Loll, she’s like my little baby sister. Source: Shamika Sanders / currently mentors a Black girl at the American Ballet Theater. “It’s a small part of the film, but it links everything together and then there’s like a fun little bit that we have at the end of the credits.” The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: The Secret of the Realms Walt Disney Company 4.08 520 ratings71 reviews This dazzling novel will not only retell the moving story from The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, but half of the book will expand and explore the world of the Walt Disney Studios film with brand-new, exclusive content. And then there’s like the dark fourth realm,” she explained. So, you know, the land of the sweets and the flowers and the snow. “It’s Keira Knightley and Mackenzie Foy and they’re all sitting there watching me perform a ballet within the movie and through my movement of the ballet, I’m telling the stories of the realms. Misty’s character, the Ballerina, was added into the film to incorporate the integral dance sequence through which we learn about the four realms. “People can look at that and be like, that’s what a ballerina looks like.” ![]() “There’s a brown ballerina in the nutcracker film and that’s going to live on forever,” she said during a candid chat at a Nutcracker And The Four Realms pop-up in NYC. In the 65 years the New York City Ballet has been producing The Nutcracker, Charlotte Nebres is the first black ballerina to play the role of Marie. We caught up with the principal dancer and spoke to her about her pivotal role in the film, the mentee who reminds her of herself and her unconventional holiday tradition with her husband.
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