Ellen Kent and Ballet International: The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty
Catch the breathtakingly spectacular famous 1966 Moscow production of The Nutcracker directed by one of Moscow's finest, Yuri Grigorovich, for 30 years the director of the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet and the ballet widely regarded as the greatest of Russian ballets, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.
Including a large, live orchestra and starring the outstanding Kristina Terentieva - winner of the Grand Prix International Dance Competition, Vienna 2007 - the productions include a 120-strong company with a corps de ballet of over 50 dancers.
Yuri Grigorovich's version of The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas story about a girl swept away to a magical dream world is full of Tchaikovsky's memorable music - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers, Russian Dance and Decoration of the Christmas Tree March.
Ellen Kent has the exclusive rights to tour Yuri Grigorovich's version of The Nutcracker in Britain. The production had not been seen in the UK since the early 1970s until Ellen Kent & Ballet International first brought it back to this country in the updated and revised versionb rehearsed by Grigorovich himself for the Chisinau National Ballet. Grigorovich described the production as "a gift to the Moldovan children".
Sleeping Beauty is played with Marius Petipa's original choreography. The ballet features stunning sets and costumes and Tchaikovsky's magnificent music is wonderfully woven into the celebrated Perrault story.
This spectacular ballet masterpiece, used by Disney in his famous cartoon version, transforms Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale into a bright and overwhelmingly joyful ballet full of wonderful treasures: the Lilac Fairy, the rose Adagio - a great testing piece for a ballerina - the bluebird and a cast of fairy tale characters gathered for the sparkling final wedding celebration.
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Sleeping Beauty runs from Monday to Wednesday, February 20 at 7.30pm, with a matinee at 2.30pm on the Wednesday.
The Nutcracker runs from Thursday, February 21 until Saturday, February 23 at 7.30pm with a matinee at 2.30pm on the Saturday.
Box Office: 0870 607 7500. (Open 24/7. Subject to booking fee). Cast may be subject to change.
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