Royal Ballet Nutcracker 2024 Schedule. He invites clara to dance (adage) among the snowflakes (snowflakes waltz). Under a new combined organisational name, the season features a programme of bold new productions, alongside returning audience favourites, thrilling debuts and bright new voices.

In 1985, rudolf nureyev restaged the ballet at the paris opera with sets and costumes emphasising the tale’s uncanny nature. The new season opens with the reprise of a much loved christmas classic that has enchanted la scala since 1969: