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The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (2001)

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (2001)

The Nutcracker

Release Date: 2001, December 25
Directors: Ross MacGibbon, Roger M. Sherman
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Royal Opera House
Cast: Alina Cojocaru, Miyako Yoshida, Jonathan Cope, Anthony Dowell, Ivan Putrov

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.