In an era of a seemingly endless supply of digital entertainment, for many families, The Nutcracker proves that some holiday magic is best experienced live. This beloved ballet, which follows a young ...

Ever since Christmas Eve 1944, when San Francisco Ballet staged the first complete "Nutcracker," the company has had an indelible association with the holiday favorite set to Tchaikovsky's enchanting ...

In 1892, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa debuted “The Nutcracker,” a two-act ballet about a young girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker for Christmas. When the ...

In the brief pause before the advent of what seems certain to be a tumultuous political era, dance offers a respite from anxiety, dread and depression. The holiday season in particular is laden with ...

MUSKEGON — Jessy Powell Dick has been dancing in “The Nutcracker” ballet since she was 8 years old. Over the years, the daughter of Geoffrey Marshall Dick and Julie Powell has performed such ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason. The show is a holiday tradition at ballet companies around the world, and has served as inspiration for a great many ballerinas who saw it as children and ...

The Joffrey Ballet has a hand—make that feet—in two of Tucson’s Nutcrackers this year. Three dancers who trained with the prestigious company will dance separately in the city’s most important ...

Houston Ballet’s costume shop, in late November, bursts at the seams with costumes for the The Nutcracker. When I visited the week before Thanksgiving, the show’s 1,750 opulent costumes bulged from ...

HOUSTON — The holiday season in Houston wouldn’t be complete without the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market, one of the city’s most anticipated shopping events of the year and tickets go on sale this ...