Reviews
Casse Noisette Compagnie
Charlotte Kasner takes in Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s live screening in London
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King in Amsterdam
The prologue in the attic is snug and warm while the snow falls outside…
Restless: Ballett Zürich’s alternative Christmas fare
Christian Spuck offers a mixed bill of four works that are exploratory, inventive and always engaging
Pär Isberg’s Swedish Nutcracker delights
Pär Isberg had a brilliant idea when he chose Elsa Beskow’s popular Petter and Lotta stories…
Shiori Kase shines in English National Ballet’s Nutcracker
Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker promises much. Peter Farmer’s designs for the opening scenes set outside the Stahlbaum’s house exude Edwardian nostalgia
A Winter Wonderland: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
It may have been Black Friday, that ghastly and unnecessary American import, but there was nothing black at the Birmingham Hippodrome in the evening. With Christmas trees, tinsel and fairy lights decorating the foyers, it was the launch of the festive season for ballet-goers: Nutcracker time!
Ekaterina Kondaurova’s Odette/Odile: A marvel of emotion
Joy Wang X.Y. on the Mariinsky Ballet in Tokyo