You could hear the din of young dancers from the bottom of the stairs — and the “Shhhhh too loud!”s of the adults in their midst. It was mid-November and Nutcracker was drawing near. Excitement and ...
Take the ballet "The Nutcracker" -- a fixture everywhere during the Christmas season -- and add more than a dozen dogs. That's what Birmingham Ballet is doing for the third straight year. The classic ...
The timeless show has become a Christmas stalwart and a major source of revenue for ballet companies. But it wasn’t always so successful. Dueling duetJames Streeter as the Mouse King (left) spars with ...
Miranda Weese has practiced and performed “The Nutcracker” hundreds of times for various companies over the past 30 years, but she isn’t tired of the ballet. And this former principal dancer for New ...