The Nutcracker Manchester Theatre reviews
Local Dance Groups Perform the Nutcracker
What a disappointment! I thought this was going to be done by the Russian Ballet. There were only 2 professional dancers there. They were amazing but hardly in the performance. They showed up at the end of the first act and then were scattered throughout the remainder of the ballet. The majority of the ballet was done by what seemed to be local dance schools. They were fine, but that's not what I thought I was going to see. It seemed like I was watching one of my child's recitals. The other issue with it being young "students" preforming, was that there was constant clapping throughout the performance for little acts on stage. Again if I knew this was going to be preformed students I would have gone into it with a different perspective, and would have enjoyed it for what it was.