A Salon.com essay making the rounds calls out the E.T.A. Hoffmann’ original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its “br… ...

Some “Nutcracker” scores are reimagined; others are remixed. But “The Hip Hop Nutcracker,” a 2014 production by Jennifer Weber that has become a touring staple in the United States, is a ...

In the world of ballet, The Nutcracker is sort of a gateway drug. Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon danced his first Nutcracker when he was 11, with London's Royal Ballet. After he moved to the U ...

An annual tradition takes on a new look to transform how audiences see "The Nutcracker." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown tells us how one ballet company is helping to make this long ...

A 30 minute companion piece to Anthony Williams' Urban Nutcracker, “Beyond The Stage” features behind the scenes footage of the production and commentary on how accessibility and ...

As such, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” features several actors of color including Fowora-Knight as well as Morgan Freeman, Lil Buck, and Eugenio Derbez.

The Nutcracker includes a full Company of 51 dancers, 12 Boston Ballet II dancers, and Boston Ballet School students. One of the dancers you’ll see on stage is Principal Dancer Lasha Khozashvili.

Any “Nutcracker” aficionado will recognize it as “Chinese,” but as a dance scholar, I can tell you the gesture does not exist in any version of traditional dance in China.

Bluegrass Youth Ballet rehearsed for its 2024 edition of Nutcracker In One Act at its studios on Southland Drive in Lexington, Kentucky on Dec. 14, 2024. Rich Copley ...