Peter I. Tchaikovsky wrote three classic ballets, but until now, the Kansas City Ballet has only performed two of them: Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Besides completing its repertoire of Tchaikovsky ...

It’s impossible to imagine the Christmas season without “The Nutcracker,” a beloved ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Written in 1892, this two-act classical ballet remains a symbol of the holiday ...

Members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in a production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." It’s a perennial holiday favorite but it took a long time to grow into a classic. The United States was ...

If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...

Three nights, three concerts, three all-Tchaikovsky programmes – each balancing ballet music in the first half with a symphony in the second. The recent ‘Homage to Tchaikovsky and Petipa’ series from ...

Tonight through Sunday, the world renowned Bolshoi Ballet will be in the midst of touring their landmark production of “Swan Lake.” The company will only be performing in eight cities nationwide, ...

Though it was composed by a Russian and choreographed by a Frenchman in 1892, The Nutcracker is a decidedly American phenomenon. Somewhere in the mid-20th Century, the Tchaikovsky ballet caught on to ...

An all-Tchaikovsky ballet program: In concept, who can quarrel? But what looked good on paper proved somewhat flat in execution when the New York City Ballet opened its six-day series at the Kennedy ...

Remember that part in The Nutcracker when the prince does a solo? (Do you?) Well, it actually featured eight women, and over time choreographers changed the steps so that the women disappeared and it ...

Growing up as an avid violinist, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings was one of my favorite and most rewarding pieces to play. The fact that it was a staple in the repertoire of the New York City ...