People return to New York City Ballet’s “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” because they know exactly what to expect: the ...

New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker' is a holiday institution. In InStyle's most recent episode of ...

This season, two impressive opera-house stagings are playing in this city and could be characterized as opposite sides of the “Nutcracker” coin. George Balanchine’s 1954 version for New York ...

The New York City Ballet has been performing "The Nutcracker" for decades. Each year, young dancers make their mark on the ...

Much of what today is considered classical ballet is grounded in 15th and 16th century European culture, some of it with colonial perspective and demeaning depictions of Asian culture.

The original “The Nutcracker” debuted in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1892, and is actually an adaptation of an 1819 short story by E.T.A. Hoffman. Perhaps the most famous version of the ballet, by ...

In the company’s production of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” she’ll perform her final role as Sugar Plum Fairy. (Photo by Alexander Izilieav) Weeks ahead of George Balanchine’s ...

It has become a family affair. Ballerina Ashley Bouder, a principal dancer in the New York City Ballet, has taken the stage ...

Weeks ahead of “George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ” the Sugar Plum Fairy is getting ready to entertain. Her wand at hand, she has magic to command. At her palace in the Land of the ...

New York and Brooklyn, N.Y. Since “The Nutcracker” had its 1892 premiere with Russia’s imperial ballet in St. Petersburg, the underlying source for the now world-famous and popular Christmas ...

And the epitome of that, for many New Yorkers, tourists, families, and ballet enthusiasts is New York City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. The seasonal favorite has ...