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Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker enchants the West Midlands

By Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros, 25 November 2013
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Reviewed at Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham on 22 November 2013
Programme
The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Sir Peter Wright, Vincent Redmon)
Performers
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Iain Mackay, Drosselmeyer
Momoko Hirata, Clara
Tzu-Chao Chou, Jack-in-the-box, The
Nao Sakuma, The Prince
Chi Cao, The Sugar Plum Fairy
Koen Kessels, Conductor
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Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros
Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros
Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros graduated from the UW-Madison Dance Program and went on to complete her Master's in Dance History and Criticism. She is a professional dancer,choreographer and qualified teacher, has lived in various parts of the world and seen lots of work and believes that dance and music are great equalizers.