Madeleine Eastoe

Sugar plums and snowflakes, dreams and spells –The Nutcracker is one of the world’s best-loved ballets, and this production by Peter Wright is one of the most enchanting stagings ever created. The Australian Ballet shines in this charming classic. Sumptuously staged and set to Tchaikovsky’s celebrated score, this ballet is a truly magical experience for the whole family.

Aos 11 anos, Li Cunxin foi tirado de uma pobre aldeia chinesa para estudar balé na escola de dança de Madame Mao, em Pequim. Em 1979, ele consegue entrar para a Companhia Houston Ballet durante um intercâmbio cultural no Texas, onde começa uma vida nova e livre. Os oficiais chineses tentam levá-lo de volta à China, mas manobras legais e o casamento com uma bailarina americana conseguem mantê-lo nos EUA. Para lutar pelos seus sonhos, porém, ele terá de abandonar para sempre sua família. Baseado na autobiografia* do bailarino chinês Li Cunxin.

2020 DIGITAL SEASON | 25 JUNE 2020 Expires 5pm (AEST) Thursday 9 July 2020 This production is brought to you free by our Production Partner Silversea. Graeme Murphy’s modern-day classic is a Swan Lake for the 21st century, charged with sensuality and heartbreak. The Australian Ballet’s most performed and most successful work has swept the world before it, reaping standing ovations and storms of tears in London, Paris, Tokyo and New York. The romance of Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried is updated (and complicated) to a contemporary love triangle with the addition of the Baroness von Rothbart, a slinky mistress who has no intention of releasing her freshly married lover. Murphy’s breathtaking pas de deux and massed swans are framed by legendary designer Kristian Fredrikson’s darkly sparkling lake, contrasted with the glittering magnificence of regal weddings and ballrooms. This is Swan Lake as you’ve never seen it before.