The Nutcracker News

Tchaikovsky's, too, of course, and the New York City Ballet's, and director Emile Ardolino's, in addition to the late choreographer Balanchine's. As a piece of dancing , it is much preferable to Carroll Ballard's 1986 version with the Pacific Northwest Ballet .

Like many arts organizations, Alabama Ballet is finding ways to make its operations leaner without sacrificing quality.

Not to speak in platitudes, but, this weekend's "American Masters" performances by Nevada Ballet Theatre might be the most important in the 35-year history of the company.

As a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet since 1991, Wendy Whelan has danced on all the great stages of Europe.

Above: Chad Schiro and Melinda Roy limber up with members of the Barron Collier High School dance line and winter guard.

Beyond the Sun Nevada Ballet Theatre Nevada Ballet Theatre's announcement Tuesday that it would let go nine dancers and cut its final concert of the season came as almost no surprise.

Earlier this month, New York City Ballet principal dancer Darci Kistler announced that she would bid goodbye to the stage during the company's 2010 season.

In Section: NY comPRESSed >> Posted By: Susan Reiter For 75 years, the School of American Ballet has trained the top echelon of the nation's ballet dancers.

Guillaume Cote and Greta Hodgkinson with artists of the ballet in The Sleeping Beauty, which will tour Western Canada this fall.

28, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R. Main Soviet-born American ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and '80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.

Russia may have lost the Cold War, but it’s still the unquestioned superpower of the ballet world.Quick, name the greatest ballet dancer of all time.

Despereaux Tilling is an awfully small guy to be carrying such a big holiday movie.

The state flower of Oklahoma is mistletoe. The first postage stamp to commemorate Christmas was made in 1898 by the Canadian Penny Postal System.

New York may be the center of the universe any time of the year but Christmas is definitely the season here.

Clara's magical experience in "The Nutcracker" ballet could be every little girl's dream: a toy comes to life and escorts her through a fantasy land of snow, candy and beautiful dancers.

I love Christmas music. This is what really puts me in the spirit of the season.

It's that time of year again, when ballet companies big and small make holiday magic with "The Nutcracker." And in this region, there are few productions that are sweeter than Northeast Ballet's annual outing ...

Combine fresh new talent with seasoned veterans in a venerable production and you have a winning revival of a Christmas tradition - The Nutcracker by the Toledo Ballet.

Some choreographers might see "The Nutcracker" - that holiday perennial with the sparkling Tchaikovsky score - as a mere crowd-pleaser that, once effectively staged, needs only to be recycled year after year.

The Saratoga City Ballet Company will present its 16th annual production of "The Nutcracker" Dec.