Being around family sucks. But, at least, August Burns Red has blessed us with a little holiday treat, by way of their quite hefty cover of “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich ...

Most of the credit is due to The Nutcracker Suite ... “The Waltz of the Snowflakes” and “The Waltz of the Flowers,” pictured above. The waltz was a far cry from the precise choreography ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason ... and provide magical backdrops to famous dance sequences like “The Waltz of the Flowers.” “He’s just a phenomenal artist, and he’s from Brooklyn, he grew ...

“The Nutcracker” is a classic for a reason ... and provide magical backdrops to famous dance sequences like “The Waltz of the Flowers.” “He’s just a phenomenal artist, and he’s from Brooklyn, he grew ...

Americans love “Nutcracker” because it’s an unwavering ... World’s Fair’s greatest innovations, the typical Waltz of the Flowers is inspired by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr ...

For the Nutcracker traditionalist, an olden-day holiday party sets the opening scene, while the majestic flurry of the Snow Scene, Waltz of the Flowers, and Grande Pas pays homage to the original ...

and a Waltz of the Flowers whose Dew Drop, Lauren Herfindahl, mastered both her Italian and her Russian fouettés and had the phrasing to fill out the music’s slow tempos. Yocum’s Nutcracker ...

“The Nutcracker” features accomplished dancers ... the “Russian Troika” was a breath of fresh air and the “Waltz of the Flowers” was beautiful if not especially memorable.