Vienna State Opera Ballet.(The Nutcracker)(Dance Review)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Barnes, Clive | Copyright information

OPERA HOUSE VIENNA, AUSTRIA DECEMBER 9, 2003

NOT ANOTHER Nutcracker? Well, actually, no; it was not just another Nutcracker on December 9, 2003. Renato Zanella's staging of the old chestnuts, parties, Christmas tree, and mushy snow classic is very different--bizarre, intriguing, enjoyable, and, yes, very different. Zanella has thrown out all, or almost all, of the old Petipa/Ivanov trappings. Now when this is done to Swan Lake or The Sleeping Beauty, as it often is, I wi...

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