Submitted photo Graduating senior dancers at Ballet Western Reserve will dance the principal roles in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” The senior dancers are, kneeling from left ...

If one thing has changed about Helgi Tomasson’s “Nutcracker ... s premier roles — Sugar Plum Fairy and Queen of Snow — but they’ve seen the ballet become a beloved Bay Area tradition.

“So often, Clara is hiding and scared, and the Nutcracker ... Ballet – formerly known as the Kirov – in St Petersburg.) “Let your movements be romantic and generous; the Sugar Plum Fairy ...