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 ...

This upcoming “Nutcracker” will be her fifth ... 16 of which must be on stage for any given performance, and 14 “Waltz of the Flowers” costumes, 12 of which are featured each show.

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 ...

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

and flowers are free to waltz. Every December, the story gets told anew: At dance companies around the world, Nutcracker season whirls in. The Nutcracker is one of the most popular ballets in the ...

You can also see merriment start to infect this “Nutcracker’s” difficult snow and fairgoer scenes, the latter replacing the traditional waltz of the flowers. With respect to leads Kanazawa ...

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 ...

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 ...