![]() ![]() When a pesky mouse runs off with her key, Clara teams up with the Nutcracker soldier (Jayden Fowora-Knight). Fantasy In June 2015, Misty Copeland found herself in a unique position (no, not fourth, second, or fifth) the first African-American woman promoted to principal dancer in the history of. Mirren looks a bit Vivienne Westwood as Mother Ginger, a wily old harridan terrorising the kingdom. Knightley is deliciously silly as Sugar Plum, the baby-voiced ruler of the Land of Sweets. Clara’s inventor godfather ( Morgan Freeman) leads her to the key and a magical kingdom where toys, miraculously brought to life, greet her as royalty. On Christmas Eve she is given a mechanical silver egg, a final gift from her mum – but upsettingly the key is missing. The production design presents a gorgeous Christmas-card vision of Victorian London where clever, science-mad Clara (Mackenzie Foy) is grieving the death of her mother. It’s like a Hollywood panto has come to town. (And what frocks – Jenny Beavan’s costumes are ravishing.) Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren lead the starry cast, though everyone is upstaged by some terrific CGI mouse-acting. Yet, in 2015, Copeland became the first African-American principal dancer in the highly acclaimed American Ballet Theatres 75-year history. But princess fantasies and frothy frocks are a hard habit for Disney to kick. ![]() It features Claras Light-Up Dress, Ballerina. The heroine here, fiercely independent and brave, follows the Disney-princess-gone-rogue template set by Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast. Misty Copeland is a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, the first Black woman to be promoted to the position in the companys 75-year history in. 157 Share 11K views 4 years ago toys toyreviews TTPM Today TTPM is reviewing Disney The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Barbie Dolls from Mattel. Copeland was the first African American woman to be the principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre last year, giving her widespread recognition. W ith this sumptuous ballet-lite live action retelling of The Nutcracker, Disney is having its feminist mince pie and eating it.
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