Unimpressed
by Disappointed on 12/17/23Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (fka Duke Energy) - RaleighWe've been to the nutcracker performance by the Carolina Ballet before and to be honest this one was a total let down. Didn't like the change from traditional Victorian setting, way too many kid performers, and they took away many of the favorite dances in the 2nd act. In several dances the ballerinas were out of sink and one ballerina almost hit another one while twirling and then fell over while trying to land on her knee and had to prop herself up with her hand. I feel like they took the difficult dances out because they don't have the talent to do them thus adding alot of children dancers as fillers and for the cute factor. Even the sugar plum fairy relied to heavily on her partner to just spin her around and toss her back and forth. I felt like an amateur ballet performance of The Nutcracker I attend at the Cary Ballet School was better executed and the dancer were more disciplined, better choreographed and more talented. Total let down for the price of the tickets. It felt more like an expensive school play then a professional show. While there were many talented dancers overall it was a let down from the caliber of performance I've seen before by the Carolina Ballet.