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Frenetic but fun: Septime Webre's Nutcracker for the Washington National Ballet

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“tis the season to be jolly, and Webre’s Nutcracker boasts plenty of that sort of jolliness.”
Reviewed at Warner Theatre, Washington on 5 December 2015
The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
The Washington Ballet
Jonathan Jordan, Dancer
Francesca Dugarte, Dancer
Tamako Miyazaki, Dancer
Kateryna Derechyna, Dancer
Gian Carlo Perez, Dancer
Andile Ndlovu, Dancer
Venus Villa, Dancer
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