Nutcracker (4.5/5)
The Australian Ballet
Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
16th May 2009
(Choreography: Graeme Murphy. Clara: Lucida Dunn (elder: Marilyn Jones, child: Emily Seymour), Doctor/Young Office: Robert Curran)
Murphy’s dramatic story of a ballerina’s journey from revolutionary Russia to 1950’s Australia via the Ballet Russes is enchanting. Intelligent chorography acknowledges the original whilst adding energy and glamour. The three Clara’s perfectly convey the innocence of childhood, precocious talent and longing for love lost. Curran’s gentle presence is ideal for the good doctor and gentleman officer perfectly complimenting Dunn’s radiance and Jones’ frailty. A very successful, and different, telling of this ballet classic.
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