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 ...

Montana Ballet Company under the direction of Elizabeth DeFanti will debut its 33rd annual production of “The Nutcracker” on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Willson Auditorium.

For the fifth year in a row, Alexander Academy of Performing Arts will present Tchaikovsky's enchanting classical ballet "The Nutcracker" at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater, with ...

The winter holidays are here, and so is “The Nutcracker,” showing in local theaters throughout the season. Picture the scene: The ballerina is lifted up high into the air to the glorious descending ...

For many San Diego families, it’s not Christmas season unless there’s a “Nutcracker” on the schedule. Set to a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 short story “The Nutcracker ...

Good news: If you want to see "The Nutcracker," you have ample opportunity. Companies all over the Indianapolis area will perform Tchaikovsky's iconic holiday ballet this season. National tours, local ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In many ways Wiley’s book is a revisionist history. The traditional view, especially prevalent among musicians, ...

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 ...

Plenty of “Nutcrackers” have already happened in Connecticut in the past few weeks, but there are at least 16 more to come before Christmas Day. The single biggest weekend for the Tchaikovsky holiday ...

The unbounded success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie this summer followed by the Christmas season’s many stagings of “The Nutcracker,” danced to Tchaikovsky’s 1892 score, combined to spark my memory ...