Premiere of "The Nutcracker" — tickets for the ballet December 30, 2024

Please note that the cast may change.

Choreographer: Nikolai Androsov

Casting: Farukh Ruzimov, invited soloists of the St. Petersburg Ballet.

The Alexandrinsky Theatre invites you to the ballet "The Nutcracker" in the author's interpretation of Nikolai Androsov.

Choreographer and director Nikolai Androsov, Honored Artist of Russia, created an original version of the famous ballet dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Irina Alexandrovna Safronova. She was an outstanding teacher and choreographer from St. Petersburg, one of the best students of Agrippina Vaganova. The performance was created in collaboration with the Classical Ballet Theatre, which began its history as a troupe of the Children's Ballet Theatre, founded by Irina Safronova herself. The basis for the new version of the production was its choreography.

Tickets for the ballet "The Nutcracker" will give you magic and love, a festive mood, faith in good miracles and a fairy tale. Nikolai Androsov's choreography develops the plot of this fairy tale in its own way, presenting it not only as a Christmas tale, but also as a story of the birth of first feelings.

Farukh Ruzimov will perform the role of Drosselmeyer, Marie's godfather, a magician and storyteller, and also Hoffmann himself. This part was choreographically created especially for the outstanding artist, the star of world ballet. The role of Hoffmann the character is based on the music of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, in the arrangement of the composer Andrei Tanonov, created especially for the performance.

The magical story of Hoffmann, created on the edge of reality and mysticism, the music of Tchaikovsky became a real ballet masterpiece for centuries. The performance has withstood hundreds of shows, versions of a familiar plot, and continues to give choreographers and directors space to search for new lines, characters, features.

In this version, Marie fights hordes of mice with her dolls. She finds herself in a dangerous situation, but is saved by the clumsy Nutcracker doll, who turns into the Prince thanks to a miracle performed by Marie's love. The Prince invites her to a magical land, offering to become the princess of Confiturenburg.

The performance features People's Artist of Russia Farukh Ruzimov, soloists of the St. Petersburg Ballet, the Classical Ballet Theater and a symphony orchestra conducted by Maxim Alekseev.

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