The Nutcracker

Two roles at opposite ends of the evening. As one of the Mice, Denison fights on the Mouse King’s side when the clock strikes midnight: fast, sharp character dancing in a pack, where the timing of the whole group carries the scene. As the Woodcutter he changes register completely — a grounded character role that asks for presence and clear storytelling rather than speed.

He knows the work from the inside: he danced The Nutcracker at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater in Flensburg. This time it is in his home city, in a production where a film turns into live ballet in a 1920s cinema. Choreography by Alexander Abdukarimov and Arshak Ghalumyan; dates and tickets are on the Berlin Ballet Company’s page.