As temperatures descend, something inevitable is in the air. The time of year has arrived for productions of "The Nutcracker" to proliferate around the globe. Prepare for an onslaught of rising ...

Cleveland Ballet is updating its holiday tradition. The Northeast Ohio-based company, which has seen a change of leadership and direction in the last several months, is presenting an entirely new ...

Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is a magical musical journey to the land where all good dreams come true. Ever child-like in his fascination with an exotic idea or an unusual sound, Tchaikovsky ...

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 ...

Around 150 dancers will grace the Castle Theater stage for "The Nutcracker." Chelsea Fine/Sea Fine Photography For the fifth year in a row, Alexander Academy of Performing Arts will present ...

Members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in a production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." It’s a perennial holiday favorite but it took a long time to grow into a classic. The United States was ...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky wrote music for the soul. Yet The Nutcracker – the balletic equivalent of a Terry's Chocolate Orange – has seemingly few claims to profundity. Snowflakes and Sugar Plum Fairies are ...

Renee Montagne talks with Miles Hoffman about the history of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Hoffman is the violist of the American Chamber Players, and authored The NPR Classical Music Companion.

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 ...

How did Tchaikovsky’s ballet become a staple of the festive season? Clemency Burton-Hill goes in search of The Nutcracker’s universal appeal. So how did a work that has nothing to do with the nativity ...

Sometimes, Christmas arrives looking just like a postcard, and then it gets better and better. OK, maybe not at your house, but consider “The Nutcracker,” in which Clara’s fun Christmas Eve party ...