A breathtaking story of love, bravery, and magical transformations by real stars of world figure skating in Tatyana Navka’s ice show “The Nutcracker,” based on the world’s most famous ballet of the same name by P. I. Tchaikovsky. The beloved New Year’s tale, in a new interpretation, will turn into an exciting and captivating ice show filled with unexpected multimedia effects, technically challenging stunts, and stunning choreography.
In the main roles of the third season of “The Nutcracker” at the Navka Show in Moscow, world figure skating stars, multiple champions of Russia, Europe and the world, and Olympic champions will perform — Evgenia Tarasova, Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Stepanova, Ivan Bukin, Kamila Valieva, Mark Kondratyuk, Adelina Sotnikova, Pyotr Chernyshev, Povilas Vanagas, Egor Murashov, Evgeni Kuznetsov, and other renowned figure skaters.
In the production, the usual boundaries of time and space disappear. The main character, Marie, thanks to the power of her imagination, moves between the real and fairy‑tale worlds and finds herself in different eras. The familiar story of Marie and the Nutcracker gets its own visual world, where figure skating becomes part of a grand spectacle.
The familiar story of Marie and the Nutcracker in the Navka Show production turns into a large‑scale modern spectacle where figure skating exists alongside drama, music, technology and the most complex staging solutions.
Tchaikovsky’s music is complemented by modern musical parts specially composed for the show. Nikolai Baskov and Jasmine voiced the roles of Marie’s and Fritz’s parents; Drosselmeyer speaks in the voice of Konstantin Khabensky; Alexandra Zhulina voices Marie, and Sergey Lazarev voices Fritz. Anya Lora gave her voice to the Rat Queen, and Timur Rodriguez voiced the Nutcracker. Modern robots speak in the voices of Marina Kravets and Timur Rodriguez.
For “The Nutcracker,” more than 120 designer costumes have been created. Multimedia effects, technically complex stunts, and large‑scale staging solutions form a constantly changing space of the show, in which the classic story exists in a modern visual language.
