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Two dancers one wearing nutcracker prince uniform and the other sugar plum fairy on pointe wearing white and pink tutu and leotard with arms raised

The Nutcracker Relaxed Performance

Creative Team and Our People

Here is the team of people who created Scottish Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker:

Director:  Christopher Hampson CBE 

Music:  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Set and Costume Design:  Lez Brotherston OBE 

Lighting Designer:  George Thomson  

 

Scottish Ballet: Our People  

As well as that team we also need everyone listed below to produce our work out on tour and at our home at Tramway, in Glasgow: 

  • 40 full-time professional dancers and, on this tour, 35 young dancers;
  • our Technical team (looking after the sets, costumes and lighting);
  • our Stage Management team (running the show);
  • our Conductor and 61 musicians in the orchestra pit;
  • our Music staff and the Dance and Artistic Development team in the studio, our Performance-Medicine team of physiotherapists and massage therapists and our People and Wellbeing team, supporting and inspiring our dancers;
  • our Engagement team delivering talks, workshops and projects to community groups and schools; community classes in-person and remotely and our extensive dance health programme;
  • our Associate programme providing classically based training for young dancers from Primary 5 to Secondary 5;
  • our Advancement team fundraising and supporting our Friends, partners and patrons;
  • our Audience and Digital team making films and promoting our work;
  • our Senior Leadership, Finance and Operations teams facilitating our work; 
  • our Audio Describers and BSL interpreters, making Scottish Ballet more accessible to everyone;
  • valued theatre staff in each venue across the tour;
  • and our Board, who advise and support all of the above.   

We all hope you enjoy the performance!