The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

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.

Cast

Anthony Dowell

Drosselmeyer

Alina Cojocaru

Clara

Ivan Putrov

Nutcracker / Hans-Peter (Drosselmeyer's Nephew)

Miyako Yoshida

Sugar Plum Fairy

Jonathan Cope

Sugar Plum Fairy's Prince