The story of “The Nutcracker Princess” follows Marie on Christmas ... With the addition of a bit of Russian flair, she also has given it an “interesting twist” when it comes to the origins ...

Families will have the opportunity to see “The Nutcracker” performed in the grand Russian style this weekend ... School is performing the role of Princess Clara. Middleton has been dancing ...

with the last tour departing at 11:30 a.m. Tour guests will receive a collectible "Princess of the Palace" holiday ornament, holiday cookies and an official PlayhouseSquare 90th Anniversary ...

Before that, it was a purely Russian property ... leader in the head with her slipper. The Nutcracker becomes a Cavalier prince and Clara a princess. He takes her to the Land of Sweets, where ...

Yet “The Nutcracker” gives it a friendly spin. “The Franco-Russian alliance was depicted in the original costuming,” Morrison says. “Initially the nutcracker is fighting the mice on his ...

Of course, not every “Nutcracker” is worth repeated viewing. The 1892 Russian ballet is bah-humbug ... including San Pedro native Misty Copeland as the Princess in some performances.

The classic, with music by Russian ... Elsewhere, a princess is bitten by a gigantic mouse, and during battle, riflemen bite off their own legs to fall, crush, and kill the nutcracker’s army.

It takes some doing in this country to be more than about 25 miles from a production of “The Nutcracker” during the Christmas season. The ballet has become as American as Friday Night Lights ...

REUTERS When the Russian Revolution began in 1905, dancers from the production were scattered across Europe, and with them came “The Nutcracker,” which cropped up in Budapest, London and ...

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 ...