The wait for Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker is over. Although The Nutcracker and The Four Realms is not a full-length ballet, woven into the plot is a five-minute performance by megastars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin alongside 18 supporting dancers, with a CGI Mouse King moved by jookin sensation Lil Buck (aka Charles Riley). […]
As the traditional Nutcracker hits ballet company stages across the country this month, Disney presents an updated take with the film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. A fusion of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and The Nutcracker ballet, the movie follows Clara as she unlocks a box from her late […]
When we first heard about Disney’s live-action film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, we honestly weren’t sure what to expect. Would it bear any resemblance to the ballet story we know alllllllll too well? Would it be light and fun, or dark and dramatic? Most importantly, would it involve dancing? Well, the first trailer […]
There’s about to be a new Nutcracker in town—and by “in town,” I mean “in movie theaters.” This weekend, it came out that Disney is developing a big-screen version of the holiday classic. But if you’re imagining animated mice and snowflakes and sugar plums—or an expanded version of the vaguely creepy Fantastia “Nutcracker” sequence, with […]