KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Texas Metropolitan Ballet is performing its own version of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” this weekend after four months of rehearsals and preparations. The ...

The holidays aren’t the holidays without a Nutcracker ballet production, and the experience promises to be even sweeter this time around. George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, opening Thursday night at ...

The story opens on Christmas Eve with a busy party scene with six dancing couples and many young dancers recruited from the community. During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter ...

Houston Ballet’s costume shop, in late November, bursts at the seams with costumes for the The Nutcracker. When I visited the week before Thanksgiving, the show’s 1,750 opulent costumes bulged from ...

The weather outside was stormy and warmish. Inside the Houston Ballet's wardroom shop, it was chilly enough to craft snowflakes. There, in a space that looks like a cross between a kitchen and a ...

DENVER — Though the pandemic put a few wrenches in their plan, dancers at the Colorado Ballet will perform on a new set in new costumes for their annual "The Nutcracker" performance at the Ellie ...

HARD AT WORK TO MAKE THE PERFORMANCES POP. ♪ EMILY: FOR THE MAGIC YOU SEE ON STAGE, ♪ EMILY: ANOTHER KIND OF MAGIC IS HAPPENING HERE IN THE BASEMENT OF KANSAS CITY BALLET. >> IT IS PLAYERS UPON ...

“The Nutcracker is a blessing and a curse,” says Chris Takashima. “We call it a beast.” She’s not talking casting or choreography—it’s the costuming that makes her head spin faster than a dancer doing ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - On this very merry edition of Wear it Wednesday, sugar plum fairies visited the station for a sneak peak of the costumes from Panama City Ballet’s upcoming performance ...

It took a team of 12 people at the National Ballet of Canada, including a fabric buyer, costume cutter and jewellery maker, to create the Sugar Plum Fairy costume that shines and sparkles in Act 2 of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Richmond Ballet is in full preparation mode for their holiday production of ‘The Nutcracker’ at the Dominion Energy Center. The Richmond Ballet will perform 17 productions ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - This segment on The Three was paid for and sponsored by The Arts Center of Brazos Valley. You can get a sneak peek at The Nutcracker before it hits the stage. The Arts Center of ...