Pacific Northwest Ballet: Nutcracker The original Nutcracker may have been choreographed in 1892 by Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet, but it’s George Balanchine we have to thank for the work ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by George Lee was the original Tea in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” A documentary filmmaker found him and a lost part of ballet history in Las ...

Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its ...

"On with the dance," Mark Twain once said, "let joy be unconfined." While he likely was not talking about the St. Petersburg born Nutcracker, the amount of seasonal joy piled onto the traditional ...

Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre has commemorated quite a few landmarks on its timeline in recent years. The year 2022 marked 30 ...

Peninsula Lively Arts will celebrate the 2025 holiday season with three distinct takes on The Nutcracker: Nutcracker Sweets ...

CHARLESTON, S.C (WCIV) — Palmetto City Ballet, based out of Mount Pleasant, has announced an open call to all dancers in the greater-Charleston area for casting in its upcoming production of the ...

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 ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCM ® Fathom Events, More2Screen and EuroArts Music bring the magic of Tchaikovsky’s beloved holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker,” to life on the big screen for the ...

As ubiquitous as eggnog and Christmas trees, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous score to "The Nutcracker" symbolizes the return of the holiday season as much as anything. Act II's "Waltz of the Flowers ...