The “Great Russian” version originally directed and choreographed in 1993 by StanislavVlasov, ... “The Great Russian Nutcracker,” danced by the Moscow Ballet, ...

Tchaikovsky was as Russian as they come — there’s no doubt about that. But the central characters in his “Nutcracker” are Klara and Fritz — not Tatiana and Sascha, kids of the well ...

Moscow Ballet's touring version of the beloved work was a blend of ... Dan Herzog Moscow Ballet's Alexandra Elagina and Anatolie Ustimov in the "Great Russian Nutcracker," which the touring ...

Those in search of a distinctly Russian-flavored version of the classic holiday ballet might try the Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker,” which performs one show only at the Warfield ...

In Mikhail Baryshnikov’s much-televised “Nutcracker” for American Ballet Theatre (also available on videotape), Gelsey Kirkland is a luminous adolescent Clara and, as in Russian versions ...

Cracking open ‘The Nutcracker’s’ dark Russian past Behind the holiday classic lies an unsavory history that may change the way you think about it November 25, 2022 More than 2 years ago ...

He was a young student at White Lodge, the Royal Ballet’s junior school, when he made his Nutcracker debut. Edmund Stripe, choreographer of the Alberta Ballet’s Nutcracker, which is being ...

Adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman’s terrifying fairytale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” — and Alexander Dumas’s family-friendly version of the story — the ballet follows a little girl ...

Russian roots. In 1891 The Nutcracker was commissioned by one of Russia’s imperial theaters, ... Its nationwide popularity was boosted by the 1957 televised version, broadcast on CBS.

Stanton Welch’s version of “The Nutcracker” is Houston Ballet’s answer to video games, digital movie effects and immersive entertainment rooms. To awe this century’s audiences, the ...

A new version of the ballet classic The Nutcracker, co-choreographed and performed by Chinese and Russian artists, recently made its debut at the Liaoning Grand Theatre. The 200-year-old ...