A judicious blend of magic and realism allows the dancers in Peter Wright's production maximum expressive licenseThere's good reason why The Nutcracker has been subject to so many revisions over past decades. Below its sugar-coated plot there's still sufficient trace of the original, dark Hoffmann to tempt choreographers into recasting the ballet as a Freudian family drama or grotesque nightmare.Few of these more adu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM on December 9, 2013