The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet

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.

• E. T. A. HoffmannWriter
• Ross MacGibbonDirector
• Roger M. ShermanDirector

• Anthony DowellDrosselmeyer
• Alina CojocaruClara
• Ivan PutrovNutcracker / Hans-Peter (Drosselmeyer's Nephew)
• Miyako YoshidaSugar Plum Fairy
• Jonathan CopeSugar Plum Fairy's Prince