The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

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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, Alina Cojocaru, Ivan Putrov, Miyako Yoshida, Jonathan Cope

Director: Roger M. Sherman, Ross MacGibbon

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Cast

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Anthony Dowell

Drosselmeyer

Alina Cojocaru

Clara

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Ivan Putrov

Nutcracker / Hans-Peter (Drosselmeyer's Nephew)

Miyako Yoshida

Sugar Plum Fairy

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Jonathan Cope

Sugar Plum Fairy's Prince

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