The story opens on Christmas Eve with a busy party scene with six dancing couples and many young dancers recruited from the community. During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter ...

"The Nutcracker" ballet is a classic holiday tradition. The story follows Clara as she falls asleep on Christmas night and her new Nutcracker doll comes to life. The Nutcracker is victorious in a ...

There are many opportunities to see Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic ballet over the next month. Here are a few of them. Fox Valley “Nutcracker”: 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29; 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30; ...

Clara’s ballet dream begins as it always does — with the Rat King. The Rat King, known also as the Mouse King, transforms with each ballet performance from a seven-headed rodent on two legs to a robed ...

There is a meme circulating on the internet that says, “Be like the Kennedy Expressway and never stop working on yourself.” That stretch of Interstate 90 was under construction when I moved to the ...

Dancers of all ages and abilities, from little children to professional ballet artists, participate in “The Nutcracker,” making it a popular holiday event for every generation. The Russian-born ballet ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) When tackling well-known works like “The Nutcracker,” ballet companies are challenged with not reinventing the wheel.

About half of the revenue for American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite "The Nutcracker." Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.

Need a “Nut”? Productions of the holiday ballet “The Nutcracker” are thick on the ground this season, ranging from traditional to contemporary to burlesque. Should you wish to get that holiday spirit ...

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