Ballet is an art of dance but also one of imagination. Its wordlessness can allow us to enter more freely into the fantasy being enacted onstage. Milwaukee Ballet's "The Nutcracker: Drosselmeyer's ...

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 ...

“The Nutcracker” is a holiday tradition for dancers from preschool age and up. Audiences often include members who are there as family and not necessarily as fans of ballet. If that’s you, here are ...

I started playing Drosselmeyer in South Georgia Ballet’s Nutcracker twenty-eight years ago. I was a young, handsome 35-year-old when I started. Now I’m an old wrinkled senior citizen with thinning ...

It’s back! “The Nutcracker,” North Coast Dance’s latest, lovely vision of everyone’s favorite holiday ballet has returned to the iconic stage of Eureka’s Arkley Center. And, this time around, it has ...

Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker really gets started, as all productions of this iconic ballet do, with a Christmas party. It’s an overwhelming scene to take in as mothers and fathers stand idle ...

Magic’s in the air! The toymaker, Herr Drosselmeyer, has conjured up a Nutcracker doll for his Goddaughter Clara and, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, the toy will come to life to guide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many children, their first experience with ballet often happens at Christmastime via “The Nutcracker.” Now, PBS has a treat in ...