The week in dance: Nutcracker; Ruination; Cinderella review – sugar plums, hard centres and off to the ball
Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet The Nutcracker has been part of Christmas in Britain since 1934, when Alicia Markova starred in a production staged by Nicholas Sergeyev. “She was brittle and sparkling, like the frosted icing on a Christmas cake,” said the critic …