
Murphy transforms The Nutcracker’s famous snowflake scene into Clara’s memory of her St Petersburg childhood.
Artists of The Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker – The Story of Clara. Photography Branco GaicaClara’s performance of The Nutcracker’s grand pas de deux is an opulent set piece with Ballets Russes-inspired costumes.
Image 1 - Justine Summers and Robert Curran in Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker – The Story of Clara. Photography Branco Gaica. Images 2 and 3 - Leanne Stojmenov and Marc Cassidy in Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker – The Story of Clara. Photography Branco Gaica
Clara with her lover, a young soldier who is killed in the Bolshevik Revolution.
Vicki Attard and David McAllister in Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker – The Story of Clara. Photography Jim McFarlaneChoreography Graeme Murphy
Creative Associate Janet Vernon
Concept Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson
Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Costume and set design Kristian Fredrikson
Original lighting design John Drummond Montgomery
Film collage Philippe Charluet
With Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra in Sydney
With Orchestra Victoria in Melbourne