Nutcracker is ballet’s annual sugar rush – a gulp of delicious dance and Tchaikovsky’s music. Hitting the literal sweet spot between trashy and smugly tasteful can prove tricky, but English ...

Mendelssohn’s music soon began to sound too sugary ... Night’s Dream would become exactly what its backers hoped—”a Nutcracker for grownups.” Contact us at [email protected] ...

But it’s a sad trombone for live-music aficionados. The NBT went without live music for “Nutcracker” at Paris Theater from 2008-2011, and also in 2019 (citing funding shortfalls) after ...

When the nutcracker comes to life as a handsome prince ... 1,2,1,2,1,2 in time with the music. You could try marching to the beat. Now listen to the Waltz of the Flowers at the beginning of ...

Laman Ismayilova Read more For over a century, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann's fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King has never ceased to ...

Some stagings have had predominantly black or diverse casts, the most famous being Donald Byrd’s 1996 The Harlem Nutcracker, based on music by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Mark Morris’s ...

"This rendition offers a perfect blend of nostalgia and novelty, making it an ideal introduction to the ballet for both newcomers and seasoned enthusiasts alike." Alex Roy enjoys The Scottish Ballet's ...

Lemn Sissay explores Tchaikovsky's music from The Nutcracker with beautiful animation. The story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was transformed into a magical ballet in 1892 – and is now a ...