When Bluegrass Youth Ballet entered the Lexington dance landscape in 2003, it had a bit of a conundrum when it came to the staple of almost every ballet company’s schedule, “The Nutcracker.” Not only ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) When tackling well-known works like “The Nutcracker,” ballet companies are challenged with not reinventing the wheel.

Woo, a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, tells PEOPLE about the one 'Nutcracker' scene she says feels like doing "ballet on hard mode" Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering ...

In Chicago this season, you can find a jazzy Duke Ellington version, a global “Nutcracker” with hip-hop mice and the 50th anniversary of the holiday story on ice, as well as the Joffrey Ballet’s ...

Dance companies throughout the Chicago area are staging their versions of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet. Here's where you can catch this holiday favorite: Thursday, Dec. 4 “The Nutcracker”: 7 p.m.

“The Nutcracker” may be a steady reliable holiday tradition about nuts and candies, but that doesn’t mean it has to get stale. Even the companies that have been doing this familiar ballet for over ...

The famed Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" will take center stage once again at Victor Valley College this holiday season. This will be the 11th year that the prominent High Desert dance studio A ...

JAMES CITY — Every year that Noelle Schatzel has given away tickets to her dance company’s performance of “The Nutcracker,” more people facing tight finances have asked for help. Over the past five ...

In fact, for Cincinnati Ballet, it’s “Nutcracker” time for the 51st year. (That’s 52 if you count the 2020 pandemic version, an hourlong TV broadcast.) There are other long-running holiday traditions ...

Urban Nutcracker dancers perform in front of a set depicting the Boston skyline in 2024. (Courtesy of Peter Paradise via Urban Nutcracker) "Urban Nutcracker" opens its 25th season Friday at the Boch ...