As well as sketches of costumes, scenery, mise en scenes of the world-famous Mikhail Shemyakin's ballet "The Nutcracker", sculptures, jewelry and porcelain created on the motives of this work are being presented at the exhibition. The ballet for Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" was first staged in 2001 at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on the initiative of its artistic director Valery Gergiev. He made a proposal to Mikhail Shemyakin to create an almost new work. In his production, the artist sought to return the ballet the spirit of the fairy tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann with elements of grotesque humor, weirdness and reincarnation. Relying on the libretto and scenario plan of Marius Petipa, Shemyakin created a new world, putting his heroes in incredible costumes and placing them in a fabulous, fantastic decor, where every detail and element was thought out and carefully selected by the master. Mikhail Shemyakin created a huge number of sketches for ballet, some of which can be seen today at the exhibition. The ballet continues its living on the stage, without losing any popularity among children and adults. It inspires other artists for mutual creativity. So, in cooperation with the jewelry house SASONKO www.sasonko.com, a collection of author's ornaments of precious stones, metal and colored enamel was developed and implemented based on Shemyakin's works. Especially for the premiere of the collection, the jewelry house SASONKO opened an author's "Mikhail Shemyakin" showrooms in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg). According to the artist, "The first thing that interested me in this project was the high professional level of the jewelry house, which demonstrates the high skill of translating author's ideas into metal. In addition, I'm interested to get back on jewelry field and create jewelry for beautiful women. " The exhibition also features a sculpture made of porcelain by Mikhail Shemyakin, created in the workshops of the Imperial European Porcelain Factory and the Imperial Porcelain Factory of St. Petersburg. The exhibition of Mikhail Shemyakin works was kind of a gift for the upcoming New Year holidays, where a fairy tale and magic meet beauty, craftsmanship and inspiration.