MAMT: The Nutcracker

Year: 2025
Country: Russia
Choreographer: Yurij Posokhov
Set designer: Polina Bakhtina
Costume designer: Sandra Woodall
Lighting designer: Narek Tumanyan
Musical director: Ivan Nikiforchin
Conductor: Arif Dadashev
Video designer: Sergey Rylko
Animation artists: Yulia Gilchenok, Igor Sokolovskiy
Cast: Anastasia Limenko, Ivan Mikhalev, Maksim Sevagin, Maksim Gemri
Genre: ballet
Runtime: 145 min.
Age: 6+
Yuri Posokhov presented his version of the legendary Nutcracker on the MAMT stage in 2022. The choreographer was looking for the key to solving the performance in Hoffmann's text, in the very spirit of Hoffmann's fairy tale. The scenography, created by production designer Polina Bakhtina, echoes the choreographer's idea and promises the viewer many unexpected visual solutions. The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is over 130 years old. The ballet was first shown in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. Over the time that has passed since the premiere, The Nutcracker has become an indispensable attribute of the New Year along with the festive tree, tangerines and Olivier salad. Without it, a winter theatrical poster is simply unthinkable.