DVD + Blu-Ray:
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Discover the amazing technique and artistic maestria of the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.

On Christmas Eve, a young girl has a dream… Emotional awakening, physical transformation, childhood that slowly merges into adulthood… behind what seems to be a tale for children slowly emerges a danced initiatory journey. And while children revel in Drosselmeyer’s magic tricks and enjoy a good scare with the apparition of the Mouse King, the adults notice all the finesse that pervades this narrative and admire the virtuosity of the choreography.

A first class company, the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine has toured all around the world : from the United States to Europe and Asia. Thanks to its rich classical heritage, the Company has managed to win the hearts of its audience with its amazing technique and artistic maestria, and as in every good dance company, the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. The Company has also, over the years, establised itself as a unique talent pool, that has nurtured first class dancers such as Iana Salenko (Staatsballet Berlin), Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet), Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko (American Ballet Theater) ; and the young gifted dancers that hold up the Ballet’s reputation and legacy as historical and world-renowned company.

Genre Ballet
Recording location National Opera of Ukraine
Recording date 2018
Duration 97 min.
Video format Color, 16/9, NTSC (DVD), Full HD (Blu-ray)
Audio format PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD), DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
Director Bertrand Normand
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Valery Kovtun
Dance Company Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine
Soloist Iuliia Moskalenko
Soloist Mykyta Sukhorukov
Soloist Iaroslav Tkachuk