The Australian Ballet – Nutcracker

The AB plays it safe with their first production of the season. The Graeme Murphy choreography is set in Melbourne on a hot and humid Christmas Eve. Clara’s party begins with her and her fellow émigrés dancing the troika. As Clara dances she drifts through her memories of Tsarist Russia, the war, the death of her lover and her subsequent career as a famous ballerina. Design by Kristin Fredrikson and music by Piotr Tchaikovsky.