The Champaign Urbana Ballet puts on its 28th annual performance of The Nutcraker at the Krannert Center for the Performing ...

Oklahoma City Ballet, RACE Dance Collective and more are performing their versions of the beloved Christmas fairytale this ...

The story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was transformed into a magical ballet in 1892 – and is now a Christmas favourite. A bit like a Tchaikovsky 'Toy Story', the enchanting narrative is full ...

It's finally the holiday season, which means it's time for our annual trek to Lincoln Center to watch the New York City Ballet's (NYCB) enchanting annual performance of George Balanchine's "The ...

In the world of ballet and concert music, nothing expresses traditional holiday spirit quite like the magical music and dance of "The Nutcracker" by composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The fanciful and ...

Productions of holiday classic are happening throughout the state, including a ballet backed by a live orchestra for the ...

Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the history of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players, and authored The NPR Classical Music Companion.

Nearly twenty years on from his first staging of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker ballet in 1967, the great ballet star and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev (1938-93) staged this, his final choreography of, ...