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 ...

Every winter, dance companies across the U.S. present one very particular ballet for holiday audiences, "The Nutcracker." (SOUNDBITE OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S "THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71, ACT 1: NO. 2, MARCH") ...

THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Tchaikovsky’s ballet, THE NUTCRACKER, presented in two acts, has enchanted audiences for generations with its blend of fantasy and festive holiday charm. The ballet begins at a ...

The unbounded success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie this summer followed by the Christmas season’s many stagings of “The Nutcracker,” danced to Tchaikovsky’s 1892 score, combined to spark my memory ...

Among the gifts from "my true love" listed in the popular Christmas song: "seven swans a-swimming." Ballet Arkansas ups the count to 10 swans a-dancing this weekend at Little Rock's Robinson Center ...

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 ...

Matthew Gasper has a few new moves for Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The artistic director of the FM Ballet brings his own choreography to the classic "Sleeping Beauty." This new production steps out at 2 ...

Andalusia Ballet’s “Sleeping Beauty” dazzles at the Dixon Center, with seniors Mia Baumgartner and Anna Williams leading a ...

For 2021, the fun is back. This month, we'll be dancing with sugarplums, celebrating in the oaks, sipping tea with teddy bears, oohing and aahing at lights and caroling our hearts out once again. Here ...

CHANG: For many, going to local performances of this Tchaikovsky ballet is a treasured family tradition. And for ballet companies, it's big business, as NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas reports. ANASTASIA ...