J083 Blu-ray Ballet The Nutcracker Royal Ballet Miyako Yoshida 2009 Edition Screen Size: Full Size Time: 2 hours Recorded: 2009 Released: 2010 The Royal Ballet: Sugar Plum Fairy: Miyako Yoshida, Prince: Steven McRae ★ There is no more beautiful performance of The Nutcracker. ★ You can see a lot of Miyako Yoshida. ★ Introduction to Miyako Yoshida's younger performances of The Nutcracker ① 1994 Birmingham Royal Ballet Sugar Plum Fairy: Miyako Yoshida, Prince: Irek Mukhamedov ② 2001 The Royal Ballet Sugar Plum Fairy: Miyako Yoshida, Prince: Jonathan Cope ③ 2009 The Royal Ballet Sugar Plum Fairy: Miyako Yoshida, Prince: Steven McRae ★★★ Quoted from web reviews below ① The dancing of Miyako Yoshida, whom I was looking forward to, is truly wonderful! Graceful and beautiful, even the way she looks at Clara is full of a warm atmosphere that could be called compassion. Above all, the music of the Variation, that sparkling tune unique to the celesta, is wonderfully expressed with delicate and precise footwork and positioning, I was so impressed that I couldn't help but sigh in admiration. I thought the partnership with Steven McRae was also good. I bought the Blu-ray because I wanted to see Miyako Yoshida. I hesitated because I have two works, but as everyone's reviews say, it was the right choice to buy it. Ms. Yoshida's dancing is very light and supple, and you don't feel gravity. Really lovely. It's a ballet that makes you feel very happy just watching "The Nutcracker", but in this work's pas de deux and coda with the prince, I was moved to tears, going beyond happiness. I am moved every time I watch it. The costumes and sets are also unified in color and are elegant and wonderful. I like the 1994 version, but compared to that, it feels generally well-behaved. The theatrical elements, direction, and stage sets are well-crafted and enjoyable down to the details. Miyako Yoshida also appears. I thought that blond hair didn't suit Japanese people, but I didn't mind at all thanks to her wonderful dancing that never wavered.