NEW YORK — Melody Campbell-Goeken remembers taking her son to see "The Nutcracker" for the first — and as it turned out last — time when he was 5 years old, at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A ballet holiday classic is bringing grand jetés, pirouettes and acrobatics to an Orlando stage. As the story goes, Clara receives a nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve and dreams about ...

In his story treatment, Wright eschews any Freudian flights of fancy and gives the original scenario one simple but effective twist: making Drosselmeyer, gifter of the Nutcracker doll, into an urbane, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Appalachian Ballet Company brings back the holiday favorite show, 'The Nutcracker,' for its 50th-anniversary performance. The classic ballet tells the story of how a nutcracker ...

Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” is a great fantasy. As presented by Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and the Cleveland Orchestra, however, it’s a dance lover’s dream come true. Between opulent visual elements, ...

Performances of “The Nutcracker” can be found almost any weekend in December in towns across America. Set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score, “The Nutcracker” is about a girl named Clara who is given a ...

American Girl has unveiled a Nutcracker Sugar Plum Fairy doll that is “bedecked” with 240 Swarovski crystals. Only 5,000 of the limited-edition dolls were made. It comes in a keepsake box with a ...