The Nutcracker is the Philadelphia Ballet's longest-running production and a tradition that brings both audiences and dancers together for a little holiday magic.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- George Balanchine's beloved ballet "The Nutcracker" opens Friday at the Kimmel Cultural Campus' Academy of Music. It's a true holiday classic.

See the full schedule of performance dates here. George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® December 6-31, 2019 Academy of Music 240 South Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 Buy Tickets ...

There comes a moment in “The Nutcracker,” a ballet full of fantasy and fantastical music, when the Sugar Plum Fairy dances to a tune you’ve probably heard before. Over plucked string ...

Few pieces of classical music have appeared so often in pop culture. You may have seen (or heard) it pop up in Disney's Fantasia, The Simpsons, or in this year's movie adaptation, The Nutcracker ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pronounced PYOT-uhr il-YEETCH chigh-KOFF-ski) wrote some of the best known and most performed music of all time. He was most famous, and indeed ...