The weather outside was stormy and warmish. Inside the Houston Ballet's wardroom shop, it was chilly enough to craft snowflakes. There, in a space that looks like a cross between a kitchen and a ...

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 Encinitas Ballet Company will present its 16th annual production of “The Nutcracker,” a version where tradition meets enchantment pairing professional dancers and young student dancers with 3D ...

It's time once again for visions of sugarplums, dancing snowflakes and feisty rodents for all ages. Set to the masterpiece score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (in most cases), E.T.A. Hoffman's story "The ...

The iconic tale of “The Nutcracker” is gloriously revived this year through a range of different productions in and around Boston, from classic stagings to modern adaptations that celebrate a variety ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. On Michigan Road, anyway. Young ballet dancers gathered on a September night in a small yellow house. The historic home, once part of the Underground ...

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 ...

Around 150 dancers will grace the Castle Theater stage for "The Nutcracker." Chelsea Fine/Sea Fine Photography For the fifth year in a row, Alexander Academy of Performing Arts will present ...

The World Ballet Company will bring its production of “The Nutcracker” to Packard Music Hall on Dec. 1. The performance will feature Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score performed by a live orchestra and ...

It takes some doing in this country to be more than about 25 miles from a production of “The Nutcracker” during the Christmas season. The ballet has become as American as Friday Night Lights and as ...

Marie spends nearly the entire two hours of the "Brown-Forman Nutcracker Ballet" onstage. She's the character who leads the audience through a magical dream, and they see the wonder of Christmas ...