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My friend and I had never seen a ballet show before, and we were excited. The advertising for this show is impressive to say the least, and the tickets ended up being over $60+ after fees and taxes for the balcony seats. We were expecting something engaging... but we ended up quite disappointed by the show. It just felt... underwhelming and quite boring. Yes, the costumes were beautiful and there were some beautiful dancers and scenes, but I did not feel wowed by this show. More than a few times, we were distracted by the dancers' inability to stay in perfect sync with each other. The little children were cute, but they made the show feel like a grade school play since it seemed like they hadn't trained enough. For the cultural dances in the second part of the show, they had felt the need to add ridiculous animal mascots during the dances and it came off as distracting to me. There was no live orchestra. The entire show felt like it was lacking something.
Paige from Atlanta, Georgia
THE SHOW
I booked the Nutcracker at the Fox because I thought it would be the real story of the nutcracker through ballet. The show felt like I was watching a performance from my daughter’s ballet school. I just expected a show that was as comparable to the Rockettes since it was at the Fox Theater. I was very disappointed and at $150 a ticket it was not worth it at all. The story line did not make any sense and was not the nutcracker version. Some performances were good, but not great and definitely not worth the price at the Fox Theater. Many years ago the shows at the Fox were professional shows like seeing a broadway show. This nutcracker was not even close. Very disappointing. The kids sitting in front of me made comments to their parents saying they felt like they were watching a show from their dance school.Words from a kids mouth”truth”.Going further I will read reviews before seeing another show at the Fox.
Optimistic but disappointed from El Paso, TX
NOT AS EXPECTED
Very surprised and distracted by music, not live but recorded, and actually not well mixed.
Some good dancers, but not all. Second half more enjoyable but more like an acrobatic show than ballet.
Would not attend this show again, nor recommend.
Disappointed from Detroit, Michigan
DISAPPOINTMENT
Very few professional level dancers in
this production. Elementary
choreography and tons of local
students to distract you from the
poor quality of the company dancers.
No live music-don’t waste your
money.
Jennifer from Albuquerque, New Mexico
WORST NUTCRACKER YET
I am a dancer, who has danced in the
nutcracker and this was a shoddy excuse for
a ballet advertised as being from Moscow it
seemed like 50%of the dancers were kids
from Abq not ready for stage and the other
45% were young B (or C) company dancers
who were still training to be professional.
Then there were 2-4 dancers who were
obviously beautifully trained veterans who
posed for all the misleading advertisements.
Don't expect the tree to grow, don't expect
any snow to fall during "snow" and don't
expect the choreography to make sense with
the storyline or music. Also the venue
doesn't close the doors and the wonderfully
polite and educated people here in the Q will
make sure that stand up in front of you 20-
30 times so they can get a beer, popcorn or
whatever. They won't duck down or wait for
the scenes to switch and the venue
encourages them. Let's them show up 30
min late and guides them in with
flashlights.... Worst money ever spent..
Extremely boring and stressful. I want a
refund!
Dee from Naples, Florida
POOR POOR POOR
Thank goodness I bought last minute rush tickets for $15 each. The live orchestra and the little kids were fine,
but the story line, the choreography, the over the top costumes, the over sized animals, and the dancing were
poor poor poor. At one point my daughter and I looked at each other and just had to laugh. Maybe we are
too critical having grown up taking ballet, attending Boston Ballet, and here in Naples attending Miami City
Ballet...but I have to wonder why Artis Naples would book this second rate version of the Nutcracker. There
were many empty seats, so maybe they won't be back! Save your money and watch it on tv.
Maria V. from Vancouver, British Columbia
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GREAT RUSSIA BALLET
I was born and raised in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Going to Mariinsky Theatre
regularly was a part of my life back when. I know what quality to expect from real
Russian ballet. The performance of this so-called Moscow ballet was weak and
disappointing. Lack of choreography and complex ballet moves was partially offset
by nice costumes. Impressive Arabian dance was a gymnastics gig, not ballet.
Costumes are the only thing which made me to give this performance one star.
Otherwise, I'd give it a zero.
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