The Nutcracker was a 1993 film that starred the principal dancer of what troupe?
The Nutcracker (1993 film) The Nutcracker, also known as George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, is a 1993 American Christmas musical film directed by Emile Ardolino. The film stars Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Macaulay Culkin Wendy Whelan, Margaret Tracey, Gen Horiuchi and Tom Gold. The film was released by Warner Bros. on 24 November, 1993.
Larissa Lezhnina Larisa Lezhnina (Russian: Лариса Лежнина ) is a principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam. She was born on March 17, 1969 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. She graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad in 1987 and joined the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky Ballet). In 1990 she became a First Soloist. She left the Mariinsky in 1994 and joined the Dutch National Ballet as a principal.