From the moment the curtain rose on the Oakland Ballet Company’s premiere of “Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker” on Thursday afternoon at the Paramount Theatre, it was clear that the veteran dance ...
The magic spell of “Nutcracker” begins after the lights go down and before the curtain rises, before a dancer has set a toe on stage. From the orchestra pit come the delicate strains of Tchaikovsky’s ...
In Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s renowned ballet, “The Nutcracker,” the shifty-yet-kind Herr Drosselmeyer gives the blue-eyed, pure Clara Silberhaus a nutcracker toy for Christmas. That evening, from the ...
Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker ...
More than 200 giant nutcrackers adorn the streets of Steubenville's downtown during the holidays — an attraction that draws tens of thousands of visitors. Days before Thanksgiving, Brodie Stutzman ...
From the moment the curtain rose on the Oakland Ballet Company’s Thursday afternoon premiere of “Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker” at the Paramount Theatre, it was clear that the veteran dance ...