A classic Christmas tale since the late 1800s, “The Nutcracker” is based on the original story by E.T.A. Hoffman with music composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Cleveland Ballet, like many ...

It’s also quite old. The original “The Nutcracker” debuted in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1892, and is actually an adaptation of an 1819 short story by E.T.A. Hoffman. Perhaps the most famous version ...

The Nutcracker is responsible for so many famous pieces of classical music played in popular culture that many people will recognise them ...

This rendition of “The Nutcracker” was a stunning production coupled with humor, a satisfying amount of human touch, and the usual technical prowess of Boston Ballet dancers. The story itself ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Ballet West is celebrating the 80th anniversary of a community favorite, "The Nutcracker." The story centers around a girl whose dream comes true. And that is exactly what has ...

Meghan Samonte has performed “The Nutcracker” around 50 times in her ballet career, and she has yet to get tired of doing so. She brought the 1 ...

José Pablo Castro Cuevas as the eponymous Nutcracker battled the Rat King in a toy soldier uniform and paper mache head.

If you’ve missed it at The Grand, I urge you to catch his wonderful work with his equally wonderful company somewhere else on ...

Drosselmeyer, the toy maker and magician who gives Marie the figurine, conjures up a world in which the Nutcracker was once a prince before being turned into the Nutcracker out of spite by the ...