FAO ballet fans: Royal Ballet Nutcracker documentary on i player

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Glorious. Can't remember if I'd seen it before, as it's from 2016. Follows the casting and rehearsals for the Royal Ballet Nutcracker that year, including some of the children from White Lodge, final year students from the Upper School and Francesca Hayward preparing to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy for the first time.

I never had the chance to do ballet as a child and looking back 50+ years I can see I would have struggled with it, as I was short-sighted, left-handed and really not well co-ordinated. Ah well. I made up by reading lots of Lorna Hill books and Ballet Shoes. In an alternate reality, I would have had a totally different build and I'd have gone to the Royal Ballet School and become a prima ballerina. I really enjoyed watching these youngsters who are on their way to living my dream.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b086kdzl/dancing-the-nutcracker-inside-the-royal-ballet

Thank you for this.
Loving it! Brought back a lot of memories for me. My brother was Fritz many many moons ago when he was at White Lodge & they filmed behind the scenes show that year too.
Can't wait to take my daughters to it - but it's ££££

Thanks op, I've seen roh nutcracker and it was beautiful.

Just watched it on catchup...saw it streamed to my local cinema a couple of weeks ago.
Now watching Darcey Bussell on YouTube!

It was quite a good documentary. I think FH was better as Clara, though!

Heads up to ballet fans-

Osipova and Acosta in Giselle at ROH on YouTube- m.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-wkmr7azE&t=45s

Osipova in Coppélia at the Bolshoi on YouTube- m.youtube.com/watch?v=uE2fjFMag7E

She's phenomenal in both.

DD was mesmerised by it, and I thought it was very well done.

May have to take her to the ROH next year.

Oh wow - thank you! Will try to catch it before it disappears.