Christmas Ballets....

I dislike the Nutcracker.

There i said it.

Okay, to be fair not all Nutcrackers, but the bog-standard traditional version,

yes i dislike it.

It's a tired old ballet that in most companies is

run over the edge with endless repeats and no recent inspiration.

I did liked the version that i did with my previous company,

it had a fresh sparkle to it, mainly because the choreographer had opened

up the music to new ideas (we mixed the story with a christmas carol)

but now i'm back to doing a traditional Nutcracker,

and its not that its a bad show, its just that having seen

a version of the nutcracker like this every year

since i was born, i doesn't excite me.

And yet i'm sure it going to make many a little girl out there happy.

If i could go see a ballet this Christmas it would be this one,

Edward Scissorhands the Ballet

doesnt that look fresh and exciting.

i've seen works by this choreographer before and he is a master story teller.

but it isnt playing anywhere in the world at the moment....

so i guess i'll just to stick to The Nutcracker

besides hearing the music reminds me that its Christmas

and thats never a bad thing.