El Cascanueces - Ballet Clásico Internacional

Classical ballet version of El Cascanueces, with music by Piotr Chaikovski and choreography by Marius Petipá in the adaptation by Andréi Sharáyev. Marie, accompanied by the Nutcracker, travels through a world of winter dreams until she reaches a toy party.

This classical ballet production presents El Cascanueces with music by Piotr Chaikovski and choreography by Marius Petipá, in the version by Andréi Sharáyev, who is also credited as general director. The story follows Marie, a young girl who, on Christmas Eve, sets off on a journey accompanied by the Nutcracker: she faces some mice, makes her way through snowflakes and arrives at a palace where her toys come to life at a party.

The cast includes Tatiana Nazarchevici, María Litvínova and Elizaveta Sávina as Marie; Nicolái Nazarchevici and José Iglesias Céspedes as the Nutcracker; Serguéi Iliín as Drosselmeyer and Alexánder Litvínov as the Mouse King. Alexánder Litvínov also plays Harlequin, and Nicole Ferazzino, Columbine. The Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Oriental dances have their own performers. The sets are by Evgeny Gurenko and the lighting by Alexánder Soloviev.

The show is by Tatiana Solovieva Producciones, which has been presenting classical ballet in Spain for more than three decades. For over twenty years, the performance has included pupils from local dance schools, who can watch a professional company at work up close. The production has won four Best Dance Show awards at the Teatro de Rojas in Toledo and one in Vigo, all chosen by popular vote. It is staged at the Teatro Capitol in Madrid.