Few things evoke the holiday spirit quite like the instantly recognizable “Nutcracker” score. Composed in 1892 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the iconic music plays as important a role in the show as the ...

At the beginning of Act II of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of "The Nutcracker," Drosselmeier tries to whip up a holiday confection. He has enthusiastic help from a group of adorable angels, ...

The Nutcracker, with its wonderful score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Nutcracker, with its wonderful score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, has over the years become the perfect Christmas holiday ...

The Christmas season is over, almost two months gone now. Nobody’s thinking much about the “Nutcracker.” John Stubbs is. The longtime San Diego violinist and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A performance of Alexei Ratmansky's version of The Nutcracker, in Brooklyn, NYAndrea Mohin / The New York Times / Redux Though it was composed by a Russian and choreographed by a Frenchman in 1892, ...

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a holiday dance mash-up for the whole family, comes to Columbus for a show at the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St.) on Sunday, November 24. The production reimagines Tchaikovsky ...