The Nutcracker The Royal Ballet (2001)

A restaging of the Royal Ballets 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