I spent the majority of the PNW Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker shocked by the behavior around me. Constant whisper-talking, water bottles crinkling, children screaming. At one point ...

Much of what today is considered classical ballet is grounded in 15th and 16th century European culture, some of it with ...

The Santa Cruz Dance Theater will be presenting the 1892 two-act classical ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Saturday and ...

So when she saw the Kent Stowell-choreographed, Maurice Sendak-designed production of “The Nutcracker” at Pacific Northwest Ballet in the mid-2000s, she adored it — but not all of it.

He’s traveled across the country dancing competitively, from the Pacific Northwest to center stage ... Ballet Company’s production of "The Nutcracker," which is in its 40th year.