A western Nutcracker moves east and triumphs
By Paula Citron, Globe and Mail
December 15, 2008
At $1.5-million, the new The Nutcracker is one of the most expensive productions in Alberta Ballet's history. The company has been touring this version since Dec. 3, but only now, that it has reached the larger stages of its home cities of Edmonton and Calgary, can the ballet's full scenic array be mounted.
The choreographer is AB's English-born ballet master Edmund Stripe who cut his dancemaker skills with West Australian Ballet. His collaborator is veteran American designer Zack Brown who has three other Nutcrackers under his belt. Together the two have come up with a what's-not-to-like production that should earn buckets of money. It also helps that 48 children culled from local ballet schools in each tour city swell the company ranks which translates into bums in seats in terms of family and friends.
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