The Nutcracker performed by the English National Ballet.

One of my christmas presents from my cousins was to go and see the nutcracker performed by the english national ballet.I was so excited and the performance they gave didnt let me down.

We were in the upper circle so we could see mainly everything and the show was incredible. I remember watching the movie the barbie nutcracker when i was younger, so i knew the storyline well. But the barbie nutcraker had nothing on this performance.

The dancers were enchanting, the way they were so flexible and so able and free was hypnotising. The first half went by so quickly because i was enjoying it so much. Watching almost half of the cast on stage up on point yet holding themselves and being able to balance amazed me most. Considering i find it incredible when i can stand on my tip toes with my jazz trainers on for 3 seconds. I sat there mesmorised by their magnificent dancing and not one of them made a mistake fell or came out of character whilst still putting on the most amazing dance show.

I myself am not a trained ballet dancer but watching them made me want to be. Watching them i wished that i was as flexible, as talented as them. The dancing was just incredible, and every single movement told a story, and there was feeling in every step. the whole performance was just outstanding and i would recomend it to anyone.

Watching them on stage just makes me want to be in the performing arts industry even more.
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When watching the ballet i couldnt stop watching the main ballerina.  The way they used the character and create the choreography was amazing and vise versa. She was so in character and never went out of time or mood once. She performed to her best and was amazing. The night i watched it the understudy was performimg because the main ballerina was ill, you could see thorugh her performance that even though she was in character how much she wanted to be there and how much she so wanted that performance! The character of the ballerina was partly an individual role but however was some what reliant on the nutcracker character. You could see every move she did had some sort of meaning or relevance to the story/storyline. Every breath she took on stage was totally in character, every move she made was in character! she was faultless! Throughout the performance she had solo performances although they dwindled out as the character became more dependant and had more of a relationship with the nutcracker character! seeing her on stage and how amazing her characterisation was i will definitly try to use this experiance when performing.