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Battle of the Nutcrackers (2020)
- Artistic Director Petr Zuska brings new life and a modern flavor to the beloved classic ballet. In this new staging, the scenery and costumes erupt into an explosion of colors.
- Choreographer Christian Spuck puts The Nutcracker’s literary origin in Romanticism front and center in his adaptation. He brings back the fairytale of the princess Pirlipat, who turns into a nut monster, and plays with the characters’ absurdity and overwrought humor.
- This version of the Nutcracker from the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, the first home to the Christmas classic, features the original score of Tchaikovsky, the renowned choreography from Vainonen, and the magnificent set design by Virsaladze. With deliberate and flawless performances by Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov along with Valery Gergiev steady hand as conductor, this production will transport you back to 1892.
