In a classic ballet performance of The Nutcracker, you can enjoy a spectacle of dancing, gift-giving, magical voyages through lands of snow, waltzing flowers, and a happy sugar-plum fairy who dotes ...

Listen to how Tchaikovsky uses the celesta in “The Nutcracker,” unleashing the potential of the instrument to signal playfulness and fantasy. By Joshua Barone Photographs and Video by Vincent Tullo ...

In 1892, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa debuted “The Nutcracker,” a two-act ballet about a young girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker for Christmas. When the ...

As the performing arts sector struggles to find its way back into the spotlight from the shadow of canceled shows, closed theatres and costly safety precautions, the ballet world is finally able to ...

On December 18th, 1892, the "Nutcracker Ballet" debuted at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Soundbite of "Nutcracker Overture") SIEGEL: It was based on a tale by E.T. Hoffman, and the ...

At this time of year ballet dancers from Sydney to San Francisco are fastening their tutus, breaking in pointe shoes and memorising byzantine cast lists that have them in roles from candy canes and ...

Experience the magical spirit of December with the top show of this Holiday Season at the Ajkun Ballet Theatre. Over 100 years of tradition, timeless music and beautiful dances performed live in New ...