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Nutcracker

A delicious confection: The Tokyo Ballet in The Nutcracker

February 1, 2023 by David Mead

Akira Akiyama allies strength with a lovely soft delicacy. She finds remarkable lightness is everything as she speaks with her whole body

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Japan/日本 Reviews Tags Nutcracker The Tokyo Ballet Yukari Saito

The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall

December 29, 2022 by Charlotte Kasner

A Nutcracker that provides all that is expected in an entertaining evening that left the audience very happy.

Categories London & SE Reviews Tags Birmingham Royal Ballet Nutcracker Peter Wright Royal Albert Hall

Christmas comes to the Coliseum with English National Ballet’s Nutcracker

December 19, 2022 by Anna Pujol Castiblanque

Julia Conway, still only a Soloist, fully showed her potential, presenting a Sugar Plum Fairy variation with many new challenging technical steps

Categories London & SE Reviews Tags English National Ballet Nutcracker Wayne Eagling

Stuttgart Ballet’s new family-friendly Nutcracker

December 18, 2022 by David Mead

By Edward Clug, with sets and costumes by the acclaimed Jürgen Rose. And it’s the 85-year-old Rose’s designs that stick most in the memory

Categories Europe Reviews Tags Edward Clug Nutcracker Stuttgart Ballet

A Nutcracker with a difference. Christian Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig for Ballett Zürich

December 10, 2022 by David Mead

Complex and a real puzzle, for a while, Spuck’s ballet is very disorienting although it does become increasingly clear as the familiar starts to emerge

Categories Europe Reviews Tags Ballett Zürich Christian Spuck Nutcracker

Glistening, glowing and a riot of colour: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s reinvigorated Nutcracker

November 23, 2022 by David Mead

The refurbishment hasn’t just freshened the ballet up, it’s completely reinvigorated it… The perfect pre-festive treat for old and young alike

Categories Birmingham & Midlands Reviews Tags Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Nutcracker Peter Wright Vincent Redmon

Curtain Up! takes younger readers behind-the-scenes at the Royal Opera House

August 8, 2022 by David Mead

Curtain Up! packs a lot into its 40 pages… a super insight for young people (and possibly their grown-ups) into the world of ballet and opera.

Categories DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions Reviews Tags Book review Nutcracker The Royal Opera House

A memorable evening in Hamburg: Nijinsky Gala XLVII

July 20, 2022 by Maggie Foyer

A long evening with some of the best dance on the planet and memorable performances

Categories Europe Reviews Tags Ballett am Rhein Bundesjugendballett Cinderella Hamburg Ballett Hans van Manen John Neumeier Kenneth MacMillan Nutcracker Raymond Hilbert Victor Gsovsky

English National Ballet’s Nutcracker returns

December 18, 2021 by David Mead

Erina Takahashi and Francesco Gabriele Frola were an elegant pair in the big Act II pas de deux, where the ballet truly burst into glittering life

Categories London & SE Reviews Tags English National Ballet Nutcracker Wayne Eagling

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s festive Nutcracker

November 22, 2021 by David Mead

It’s Christmas, it’s Birmingham, and The Nutcracker is back live. Except that it’s not quite the one we have all been used to the past 30 years.

Categories Birmingham & Midlands Reviews Tags Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Lev Ivanov Nutcracker Peter Wright Vincent Redmon

Birmingham Royal Ballet 2021-22 plans

June 16, 2021 by David Mead

Including Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote

Categories Birmingham & Midlands News Tags Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta Daniela Cardim Don Quixote Edward Clug Goyo Montero Kenneth MacMillan Nutcracker Romeo & Juliet Rosie Kay Sadler's Wells
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