Lithuania’s then-Culture Minister Simonas Kairys decided that performing Russian composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s classic ...

The Nutcracker is responsible for so many famous pieces of classical music played in popular culture that many people will ...

Jackson Prep students who performed in Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet’s annual Nutcracker production included (from left, back) Caroline McPhillips, Avery Dale, Rana Ma; and (front) Olivia Woodall.

Meghan Samonte has performed “The Nutcracker” around 50 times in her ballet career, and she has yet to get tired of doing so. She brought the 1 ...

Jackson Prep students who performed in Ballet Mississippi’s Nutcracker included (from left, back) Mary Harr Payne, Ruby ...

The Alabama River Region Ballet's 9th annual production of "The Nutcracker" at the Davis Theater in Montgomery once again ...

Open to the public. The Nutcracker Twist: Detroit Lakes' Summit Dance School will be presenting "The Nutcracker Twist" at the ...

José Pablo Castro Cuevas as the eponymous Nutcracker battled the Rat King in a toy soldier uniform and paper mache head.

The annual gatherings with turkey-filled plates and frantic retail adventures mark the end of fall festivities, and the Boston Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” marks the beginning of wintry ...

Jeffrey Brown: It's part of a broader movement in the art form. "The Nutcracker" was first staged in 1892 by Russia's Mariinsky Ballet. The New York City Ballet, which premiered George Balanchine ...

In many ways, “The Nutcracker” is about the nostalgia we feel for childhood and the rituals that come back, year after year. People return to New York City Ballet’s “George Balanchine’s ...

The Sterling, Illinois, native was a professor emeriti in the LSU School of Theatre, where he began teaching in 1982.