It wasn’t until 1954 its staging by George Balanchine with the New York City Ballet, however, that “The Nutcracker” became a holiday staple. Balanchine, the Russian-born founder of the New ...

If you answer yes, chances are you saw The Nutcracker—a production so iconic it is often an audience member’s first (and sometimes only) exposure to ballet. The classic, with music by Russian ...

He was a towering figure in the field of dance as the Soviet Russian choreographer who ran ... time seeing Grigorovich's versions of "The Nutcracker" or "Swan Lake" - productions that became ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, state media said on Monday.

Acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died ... Raymonda, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, and Romeo and Juliet. American Ballet Theater, where Shklyarov had performed as a guest ...

That makes a trio of “Nutcracker” productions calling the ... One big change in the program is the elimination of the traditional Russian Dance number. It was removed to show support for ...

Set to a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” the 1892 Russian ballet is the holiday story of a girl who receives a ...

In the ballet "The Nutcracker" the lead, Clara is thrust in a magical far-off land, where she meets new people and goes on wonderous adventures. While there, she battles mice, pirouettes through ...