The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (2001)
The Nutcracker
6.5(2)1h 55mDecember 25, 2001
Ross MacGibbon
Director
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Writer
Rate
Diary
Overview
A re-staging of the Royal Ballet's 1985 production, with Anthony Dowell - this time as Drosselmeyer - and a new supporting cast. This Royal Ballet production of The Nutcracker (staged by Peter Wright) is a mix of the Balanchine and Vainonen schools of the Nutcracker. The Balanchine version of the Nutcracker emphasizes the child s fantasy: a land of sweets, with comic relief. The Vainonen Nutcracker emphasizes the romantic dreams of an adolescent.
