The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet (The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet)

The Nutcracker

Release Date:	2001-12-25
Runtime:	115 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	N/A
Production:	Royal Opera House

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.