Alberta Ballet’s production with choreography by Edmund Stripe and sets and costumes designed by Emmy Award-winning designer Zack Brown, “sparkles like a Fabergé egg…” says the Vancouver Sun. Set in turn-of-the-century Imperial Russia, this extravagant production displays more than a million dollars in stunning sets and costumes; and includes children from local dance schools, with Tchaikovsky’s glorious musical score played live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.