The "Nutcracker" is a Bay Area holiday tradition, with the first U.S. production of the iconic Christmas ballet staged in San Francisco 80 years ago. This year, performances were in doubt due to a ...

While visions of PTO dance in the heads of corporate America, something far more traditional is dancing in the heads of Nikisha Fogo and Madeline Woo: sugar plums. Nikisha Fogo dances as the Sugar ...

From championing women choreographers to upending classics, the former Royal Ballet star turned artistic director of the San ...

LATEST Dec. 5, 1:30 p.m. The Friday night opening of “Nutcracker,” a San Francisco tradition, was in jeopardy earlier this week with contract negotiations stalled between the San Francisco Ballet and ...

For many people in the Bay Area, the holidays just would not be the same without a performance of the "Nutcracker" by the San Francisco Ballet. But this season, the show may not go on. Ballet ...

The ballet company, one of the country’s most prestigious, had been under pressure to cancel its shows amid President Trump’s takeover of the performing arts center. By Julia Jacobs Dancers are famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dores André and Victor Prigent in the pas de deux from Akram Khan's "Dust." (Lindsey Rallo/San Francisco Ballet) San Francisco ...

Nikisha Fogo and Madeline Woo are both dancers in the San Francisco Ballet and they share the different traditions and celebrations that they've created over their years participating in the holiday ...