
01/01/2000
The showman of 20th century choreography, Maurice Béjart, stages his distinctive rendering of the beloved Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" using Tchaikovsky's entire score, supplemented with waltz and accordion music performed onstage by the renowned Yvette Horner. Béjart uses the original St. Petersburg tale as a launching point from which to evoke the recollections and feelings of his life's journey from childhood.

Damaas Thijs
as Bim

Elizabeth Ros
as Elle

Gil Roman
as Petipa/Mephisto

Juichi Kobayashi
as Felix the Cat

Christine Blanc
as Sugar Plum/Grand pas de deux

Maurice Béjart
as Self
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