THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Tchaikovsky’s ballet, THE NUTCRACKER, presented in two acts, has enchanted audiences for generations with its blend of fantasy and festive holiday charm. The ballet begins at a ...

Remember that part in The Nutcracker when the prince does a solo? (Do you?) Well, it actually featured eight women, and over time choreographers changed the steps so that the women disappeared and it ...

It’s impossible to imagine the Christmas season without “The Nutcracker,” a beloved ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Written in 1892, this two-act classical ballet remains a symbol of the holiday ...

Every winter, dance companies across the U.S. present one very particular ballet for holiday audiences, "The Nutcracker." (SOUNDBITE OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S "THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71, ACT 1: NO. 2, MARCH") ...

I’ll remember December 2025 as ‘the month of ballet.’ After a hiatus of many decades, I was able to watch not one but two ...

If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...

The white swan and the black swan, both portrayed by the Kansas City Ballet’s Kaleena Burks, represent good and evil in “Swan Lake.” Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece will open the KC Ballet’s 2025-26 season.

What used to be called "The Great Russian Nutcracker," now judiciously titled "Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet," a touring production of Peter Tchaikovsky's Christmastime classic featuring an ...

"We are thrilled to partner with the Fairfax Ballet to bring The Nutcracker to thousands of people of all ages in Fairfax County and across the DC region," said Jonathan Kerr, Executive Director, ...

The Nutcracker ballet is a classic holiday experience for kids and parents, but there are now so many versions of The Nutcracker ballet in NYC a parent could go sugar-plum crazy trying to figure out ...

CHANG: For many, going to local performances of this Tchaikovsky ballet is a treasured family tradition. And for ballet companies, it's big business, as NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas reports. ANASTASIA ...