Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal - The Nutcracker (2023) 

I am so happy to see Giacomo being given a chance to shine. I thought he and Marianna did amazingly well considering this was their first time dancing together. Such talent coming up through the company! You can already see that Aidan is going to be brilliant as Drosselmeyer - he has so much charisma! Great coaching from Gary Avis, and wonderful piano-playing - as always - from Kate Shipway. I LOVE these Insights.

I love Gary’s commentary his years of experience shines through but is still so supportive

This is one of my favorite pas de deux. I’m so glad they are working on this on insights. So nice to see the next generation of RB dancers coming to the fore.

25:13 The pianist is comin’ in hot! Excellent!

These two dance beautifully together, lovely lines, they look so graceful and move in unison - wonderful expression, exceptionally good for their first practice together! How I wish I could see them perform live in this lovely partnership!❤❤❤

Pianist Brialliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Amazing rehearsal with Mariana and Giacomo; they were both so lovely.

Watching the wonderful Gary Avis work with these beautiful and talented RB dancers was a marvelous treat! Thank you for posting it!

Gosh! Those two were simply fabulous! What a debut they will have. By the end of the pas de deux I was in tears and cheering! You could see the, reaching to respond to every word Gary said. What a delightful treat!

Giacomo and Mariana have come on so much in the last season. Great to see them responding so well to Gary's brilliant coaching

He's a magnificent jumper.And it looks as if they have been dancing together for years.

Kate Shipway’s Piano playing is incredible 👏

What an absolutely enchanting partnership! My eyes filled up! :) DELIGHTFUL

jesus, this is so lovely, it socked me unexpectedly right in the feels.

These dancers are really great, and Gary’s corrections are so helpful! I love these rehearsal videos!

Lovinig to dance and perform - Thats it! Nice rehearsel.

Now we really know Christmas is close. Looking forward to watching this. I love rehearsals and the pianists do such a superb job 👍👍👍🙏👵🇦🇺

I'm appreciating that the RB is giving young upcoming dancers a crack at character roles - in Don Q too. It's great for their all-round development and gives us a chance to see who has potential not just as a dancer but also as a senior character artist. Aidan has a lot of presence in this role.

Just Wow! Amazing Dancers and Thank You Royal Ballet 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you so much for doing this ROH as these programs are so helpful to people, like me, who live far away. I was fortunate enough to be in London a few days ago and saw Don Q and the Dante Project, and it's wonderful to see the prep for Nutcracker. Congrats to all the dancers, and of course, Gary Avis, as well as Kate.

The pianist is fantastic. Please show more of her in the future 🎹 👏🏼 🤩

Absolutely wonderful this is and has always been my favourite ballet looking forward to watching in December may I wish everyone such good luck 🩰🎉

Talented dancers and directors and the pianist is amazing!

That was delightful to watch. It looked like the 2 dancers were having so much fun and just completely trusted each other.

So excited to see Marianna as Clara, she is wonderful!

wow! What talent! The future assured for the worlds best ballet company.

Beautiful! So happy to see the rehearsal of the transformation into battle scene it’s always been one of my all time favorite scenes of The Nutcracker! I grew up as a mouse in the ballet 😊😊

Truly wonderful to watch these rehearsals especially Gary Avis guiding these young dancers ❤

Jack! Woo! That was a lot. Good for you, Jack! Marianna, good to see you in this role! Really attack the pique, jété turn sequence! I know you’re tired by that point but find the breath and go for it and keep that back leg straight! It’s bending just a bit. Practice jumping at home! Merde on your debuts! Love to see it! Love these rehearsal sequences! The coach and pianist are awesome! And the host is super calm lol. Great energy all around! 🔥❤️👍🏾

Giacomo is simply glorious. Marianna immediately understood it and connected to him perfectly proving herself to be an humble hence intelligent young ballerina. So she's just one step from being glorious too 🙃

Jesus, his lines are impeccable ❤ She is a Goddess ❤

Wow Marianna really flies! She seems to linger in the air. So excited to see her in this role and to get more of a sense of who she is as a soloist.

0:11 I FINALLY MANAGED TO COME TO A LIVE BALLET REHEARSAL!!❤❤❤ I wonder what magic lies today??

I want to play, Drosselmeyer! Mwahhahahaa. Aidan is excellent, he captures the character’s Spirit and energy very well! That cape is GLORIOUS. And somehow ominous. That magician is creepy lol. In the best way, though! Haha Gary, You kill the role. I can already tell! Find moments of stillness, I was gonna say exactly that! Really great advice, Gary! 👍🏾What a great organization this is! I love to see it! Kate and her partner are fabulous! Me: turn that page, brother!! Lol happy holidays! 🔥❤️

I love how he rips the neck of his t-shirt! And I've watched Giacomo come up through the ranks from a mop-haired youngster to now the Prince!😊

Hope that this 2024, you would make the original Nutcracker versión from 1984, inviting also Miss Leslie Collier and Mr. Anthony Dowell to be part of the cast. That would be wonderful. Hope you like this idea.