Madeline Woo is a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet — where the first ever full-length production of The Nutcracker was performed in the United States Woo has danced in her fair share of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unity Phelan, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, says there's more than meets the eye to every performance. "What we do ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason. The show is a holiday tradition at ballet companies around the world, and has served as inspiration for a great many ballerinas who saw it as children and ...

Sara Mearns has been with the New York City Ballet for almost two decades Sara Mearns is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet Mearns tells PEOPLE that performing in The Nutcracker at ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason. The show is a holiday tradition at ballet companies around the world, and has served as inspiration for a great many ballerinas who saw it as children and ...

Dreams are brought to life annually at Milwaukee’s Marcus Center when the Milwaukee Ballet is in the building each December. But their popular “Nutcracker” is now dreamier than ever as the company ...

(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.

WESTON - "The Nutcracker" isn't just a holiday tradition for audience, but for those on stage as well. In many companies, dancers perform the ballet every year, taking on different roles as they get ...

The Chocolate Ballerina Company is a ballet company whose mission is to create a diverse dance company for African Americans and other underrepresented groups. Founded in 2017 by Chanel Holland-Pierre ...

Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its ...

Each year when the holidays roll around, hundreds of ballet companies across the country dust off their candy canes and carefully unpack their nutcrackers from storage in preparation to meet the ...

For many families, going to see George Balanchine's The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition. Sara Mearns, the Sugarplum Fairy in the New York City Ballet’s performance of the beloved Christmas ballet, ...