The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre)
After my opening Nutcracker trip to the New York City Ballet , next on my list (and the final show I'll be catching in the U.S. till after the New Year) was American Ballet Theatre's "Nutcracker". Recently made by Alexei Ratmansky, premiering last Christmas, this is a very different affair from the more strictly classical Balanchine production.Ratmansky takes a Matthew Bourne-like approach to much of Act I, the chore…