Title: A fine performance, but not inspiring.
Review: It's a fine performance, while I enjoyed some of the scenes, the Christmas tree is in good size and nicely decorated, and the changing of the size of toys & boxes to make Clara appear smaller is quite dramatic, the Arabian dancer is pretty good, and the Russians way of popping out of the Easter eggs is fun to watch.However I felt a let down in some area:There is no chorus in waltz of the flowers, too sad. The beautiful chorus is one of my favorite in that scene.The main characters seem to more focus on technical excellence, while less on emotion.The final Pas de deux isn't that exciting, Elizabeth Powell's dance is fine but not exceptional.Overall it's not as good as the Bolshoi version (danced by amazing Nina Kaptsova and Artem Ovcharenko), the set, dance and orchestra are close to perfection.
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