Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)

Lauren Cuthbertson performs the famous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. Find out more at Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of The Nutcracker. With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most reco