Hi dears!
On Sunday we went to the opera house for the annual Nutcracker ballet. It was as lovely as always, and they had even changed the choreography a bit this year. I think my favourite part is when Clara and the Prince go into the snowy forest (the music with the choir is so beautiful – and then it starts to snow…awwww). Oh – and we must not forget the always beautiful and lovely Sugar Plum Fairy 
As I sat there watching Clara and the others dance, I started thinking about how many productions this spesific ballet must have had throughout the years, I wondered if there had been dramatically different versions played. In order to figure this out, I Googled, and here are some of the many versions that have been played
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A contemporary version called “Krakatuk” was played at Circus on Fontanka. They combined the original idea behind The Nutcracker with theatre and circus. Exciting stuff, but maybe not to everyones taste?
Matthew Bourn decided to make a new version, where the children were in an orphanaged (very Dickens-like). They also sport some very untraditional costumes and scenography.
Rudolf Nureyev made a Freudian version for the Royal Swedish ballet in 1967. In this version the heroin grows up to become the Sugar Plum Fairy. That would be fun to watch!
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Personally, I think I prefer the “original” story. Just plain forward as it was intended. Call me boring, I just think some things are best done the way they were supposed to be done.
Love ♥
