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Customer Reviews for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

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Review 1 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

3 / 5

Good but different

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Posted 12/28/2012

by Zeeks21

The first part was great but the second act got a little corny.

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Review 2 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

4 / 5

Been waiting to see The Nutcracker for years

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Favorite moment: Each of the main dancers had a moment to shine and really show their skills, all of those were a joy to watch. @

Posted 12/18/2012

by Xenzie

Location:Mesa, AZ

I've always enjoyed the music of The Nutcracker and wanted to see it live. When I saw that the Moscow Ballet was coming to town and the tickets were cheap, I had to go. The dancing was spectacular but I was highly disappointed to find that they music was recorded and not a live symphony. I really feel like classical music loses a lot when recorded and this would have just been perfect if there were live musicians.

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Favorite moment: Each of the main dancers had a moment to shine and really show their skills, all of those were a joy to watch. @

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Review 3 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

3 / 5

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Posted 12/18/2012

by Anonymous

Location:phoenix, az

There wasn't an orchestra and the costumes were not very good

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Review 4 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

Moscow Ballet"s Great Russian Nutcracker was best

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Favorite moment: The act depicting the different countries @

Posted 12/17/2012

by carcol

Location:Surprise, AZ

This performance was amazing. Very colorful and lively and the most entertaining Nutcracker I have seen.

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Review 5 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

Ballet Russian Style

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Posted 12/17/2012

by vagabond1

Location:Mesa, Az.

We went to the Comerica Theatre and were absolutely amazed by the high energy professionalism of the Moscow Ballet troupe. Their performance was absolutely stellar by any standard.

We have been to the theatre and watched the Arizona Ballet put on the show, but there was no comparison.

Hats off to this wonderful group of people!

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Review 6 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

MARVELOUS

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Favorite moment: I don't recall the precise moment, but everything else was not important I got submerged in the story. @

Posted 12/17/2012

by DonSigi

Amazing would stay short. Marvelous may be better for this demonstration of imagination. The fluidity in telling a story using the beauty of the dance was incredible. The music, the colors... Everything was almost perfection. If I can and God allows, I will repeat next year.

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Favorite moment: I don't recall the precise moment, but everything else was not important I got submerged in the story. @

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Review 7 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

2 / 5

Disappointed with the Russian Ballet

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Favorite moment: None @

Posted 12/17/2012

by AA15

I go to the Nutcracker ballet every year with my kids. I knew that the costumes and show would not be as exuberant as the Arizona Ballet version. I was expecting a more traditional Nutcracker, and that was fine because I thought the ballet would be superb. It was not. I was very disappointed and would not see it again.

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Review 8 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

4 / 5

Highly Recommend

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Posted 12/17/2012

by Chairpotato

Location:Phoenix

The dancers were terrific and the show was superb. The choreographically matched the music which can be very challenging on those Nutcracker pieces. Beautiful.

One comment about the venue: Dodge Theater/Comerica, not as classy as symphony hall. I don't like hearing people crunching popcorn around be and opening wrappers of food. Detracted from the atmosphere.

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Review 9 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

2 / 5

Cheap version of the Nutcracker!

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Posted 12/17/2012

by Viewersad

Location:Phoenix, AZ

While the dancing and ballet dancers were excellent dancers, the rest of the production was forgettable! There was little if any scenery back drops other than painted canvases, no props, and the costumes were not elaborate. I thought The Nutcracker was all about toys coming alive in a girl's dream, instead, the representation of toys coming alive was animal characters with puppet heads that looked more like PEZ dispensers! You couldn't even tell it was supposed to be stuffed animals coming alive. The dancers also had no emotion in their faces or seemed to have any personality displayed in their dancing. The music was really not loud enough and the environment didn't help you get lost in the moment. Now, I'm left with the thought of what the "real" Nutcracker is supposed to be, and I know it must be better than this, or people wouldn't go to see it year after year!

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Review 10 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

3 / 5

Family four pack

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Posted 12/17/2012

by Ohcarolita

Location:Phoenix

This was a great first time experience for my 5 and 9 year old girls. The price was right and the dancing was great.
Great value for those on a budget. There appears to be no speakers towards the back of the theater, you could even hear the dancers foot steps. If you have a short viewer like a child they may want to sit on your lap despite the stadium seating.

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Review 11 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

1 / 5

Russian Nutcracker was awful

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Posted 12/17/2012

by Anonymous

I spent alot of money on these tickets with the expectation of seeing a professional ballet. Instead, piped in music, unprofessional sets and terrible dancing was what I got. We left at intermission. Never again

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Review 12 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

2 / 5

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Posted 12/17/2012

by Kicki70

I knew going in that the music was prerecord but the music was thin and uninspiring. The ballet was OK though they made some changes that made the kids laugh I thought they were cheap gimmicks.

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Review 13 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

Moscow Ballet's Most Memorable Nutcracker

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- Sat, Dec 1, 2012 @

Favorite moment: You mean I have to pick just one? Well then, the Sugar Plum Suite Gand Pas de Deux, of course... @

Posted 12/10/2012

by SusanMarieW

The Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker "wowed" its audience with this memorable performance! The dancing was fluid and graceful, the costumes were beautiful, and the scenery opulent. Bravo!

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Favorite moment: You mean I have to pick just one? Well then, the Sugar Plum Suite Gand Pas de Deux, of course... @

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Review 14 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

Moscow Ballet is a Phenomenal Must See !!!

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- Wed, Dec 5, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Impossible to pick a favorite moment.... every moment was memorable. @

Posted 12/07/2012

by DML2222

Location:St Charles County

It was all stunning. The costumes were unique & their details beautiful. All the dancers...children, teens & adults... kept you mesmerized with their graceful dancing. The music was the icing on the cake, completely perfect!

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Favorite moment: Impossible to pick a favorite moment.... every moment was memorable. @

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Review 15 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

1 / 5

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Posted 12/07/2012

by Docme

Location:St Louis

Dancers not in sync in scenes that could have been. In addition to not being very good overall. Only a few of the men and one woman were really good ballet dancers.

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Review 16 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

2 / 5

Maybe I set my expectations too high.

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Favorite moment: Either the Battle, mostly for the mice, or the Snowflakes. @

Posted 12/07/2012

by Educatrix

I went expecting to be dazzled by costumes and sets and see a real spectacle of a performance. The costumes and sets were nice, but average. The St. Louis Ballet uses prettier costumes (although I did love the mice in this one). I expected more Russian folklore touches, too. Really, there was the addition of the Snow Queen and Grandfather Frost, who were only in it for a few minutes, and that was about it. Of course the Russian Dance was good, but most regular productions have a good Russian Dance anyway.

They made some other strange choices. There is a character of the Dove of Peace, who takes Masha (Clara) and the Prince to the Land of Peace or somesuch instead of the Land of Sweets. Which means that there was no Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, etc. They did those three dances but as Spain, Arabia, and China, plus the Russian dance for a total of four different countries represented bringing wishes for world peace and friendship.

And the mice. Someone call an exterminator, because they just wouldn't die. Halfway through Act II, they're back! And then they came back again. What the heck???

Other bothersome points: The music was excessively loud--more like a movie than a ballet. The party scenes had some very good parts, but overall dragged quite a bit. Also, they incorporated dozens of local kids in various places, and I'm sure it was a thrill for them and their families, but I thought they really distracted from the professionals. It was very hard to watch the Snowflakes in particular.

My little girl, who loves the Nutcracker, was bored and wanted to go home. She slept through most of Act II.

I don't want to be completely negative, but these are things I wish I'd known. I did like some things. Drosselmeyer was great, they had some very engaging animal characters that they added with each of the different countries, and they did a nice job with the mice and the battle. And it wouldn't be fair to leave out that the dancing itself was very good in places (although uneven). But overall, I feel like now I'm going to have to buy tickets to see the St. Louis Ballet's production, because I don't feel like this gave me my Nutcracker fix for the year.

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Review 17 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

1 / 5

Bah Humbug to My NutCracker Fantasy!

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Posted 12/07/2012

by IWriteThereforeIAm

Location:Midwest

Moscow Ballet is dancing the Nutcracker--Yay! Saw it last year and it was FANTASTIC--Yay! Super excited, waiting to see a repeat of the Athletes, the Grace, The Beauty and what did we Get? A second rate school production of the Ballet with a bunch of crumb snatchers running around on stage, accompanying a too young Uncle D in an Our Town watered down version that was cringeworthy! If I pay for tickets to see the Moscow Ballet dance the Nutcracker, I expect to see just THAT, for they are World Renowned! I would no more want to see a bunch of children playing in the Super Bowl alongside the Professionals who were trying desperately to "cute it up" for someone. Definitely not for serious Patrons of the Dance! It was embarrassingly horrific!

I have seen the Nutcracker in London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, San Francisco--30 years of Sugar Plum Fantasy and this was the Worst Dance Performance I have EVER seen by any Dance Troupe, with the exception of My Kindergarten Class.

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Review 18 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

1 / 5

Performance Put Me In A Bah Humbug Mood!

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Favorite moment: Leaving! @

Posted 12/07/2012

by IWriteThereforeIAm

Location:Midwest

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Review 19 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

5 / 5

Moscow Ballet was wonderful!

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Favorite moment: The dream aspect of the performance @

Posted 12/07/2012

by mmd1996

I was extremely pleased to visit the Peabody for the first time, and the event was wonderful. It was remarkable to see the beauty and elegance, not to mention physical prowess, of those performing. I have always wanted to visit Moscow, and was very happy to see this particular event in my "own backyard".

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Review 20 for Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

2 / 5

Moscow Nutcracker was ho-hum...

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Favorite moment: The introduction of the children at the very end of the performance @

Posted 12/07/2012

by KayBnrt

As I had never been to a ballet performance, I had great expectations. My husband has been to see the Nutcracker 5 times and he said that this was the worst performance he had ever seen. I was not impressed and thought the professional dancers were doing just an okay performance. They missed several marks and seemed unsure of the stage size. There were a few stand out performances but overall I was not impressed. The children that were dancing were extremely cute and made me like the performance but I think if I see another ballet it will not be one that is performed by the Moscow Ballet!

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