THE POINT OF BALLET

Scottish Ballet’s decision to move away from traditional ballet meant there were no Nutcrackers this year. But “one might ask what is the point of having a Scottish ballet company if it doesn’t plan to do the great ballets. It is like the English Shakespeare Company saying it is sick of doing Shakespeare. It would be much cheaper to do something with a lot fewer actors that didn’t require such a big theatre.” Glasgow Herald 12/29/01