The Nutcracker

Scottish Ballet presents
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Ashley Page
Music: Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Designs: Antony McDonald

At a party in the Stahlbaum’s family home. Drosselmeyer, the children’s enigmatic godfather, presents them with a nutcracker doll – and so begins a dreamlike journey of discovery for the youngest daughter, Marie.

The first in Ashley Page’s trilogy of fairytales retold with a fresh and wicked vision for contemporary audiences, Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker transports audiences into the magical world of ETA Hoffman by way of Weimar Germany, conjuring up a dreamlike surrealist narrative to chart the magical journey of a young girl’s awakening.

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"The Nutcracker that Ashley Page and Antony McDonald contrived for Scottish Ballet was, and still is, something of a trailblazer. In 2003, this bold, inventive Nutcracker signified that Scottish Ballet was dancing its way out of the woods. It looks even better now. - 5*" - The Herald
 

"Claire Robertson’s spirited Marie is an expressive mix of vulnerability and determination – utterly deserving of Erik Cavallari’s noble Prince, their closing pas-de-deux a radiant outpouring of consummate partnering worth a galaxy of stars in itself. - 5*" - The Herald
 

"It presents the ballet’s final pas de deux (between the tale’s young lovers, danced exquisitely by Erik Cavallari and Claire Robertson) with a beautifully executed classicism which exemplifies the style and intelligence of this, another fabulously successful Scottish Ballet Christmas show. - 5*" - The Daily Telegraph
 

"Sheer balletic beauty. The tutu-clad snowflakes and pretty poppy flowers deliver pointe work to die for, while the grand pas-de-deux between principal dancers Claire Robertson and Erik Cavallari is a spell-binding blend of romance and masterful technique. -4*" - The Scotsman