Madeline Woo is a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet — where the first ever full-length production of The Nutcracker was performed in the United States Woo has danced in her fair share of ...

Cleveland Ballet dancers rehearse five hours each day, five days per week, for eight weeks. With a few extra hours here and there, dancers spend more than 200 hours practicing their roles. While ...

No holiday season would be complete without Uncle Drosselmeyer. Why? Well, if he doesn't make his Christmas party appearance, Clara won't receive his gift of a nutcracker. And if Clara doesn't get a ...

As the iconic music swells and the curtain rises in the Buddy Holly Hall, a ballet performance of "The Nutcracker" plays out on stage with colorful costumes, intricate choreography and detailed sets.

The perennial holiday enchantment of Dayton Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” is far from an adults-only affair. Every season, talented children from the Dayton Ballet School participate in the production to ...