THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Tchaikovsky’s ballet, THE NUTCRACKER, presented in two acts, has enchanted audiences for generations with its blend of fantasy and festive holiday charm. The ballet begins at a ...
It’s impossible to imagine the Christmas season without “The Nutcracker,” a beloved ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Written in 1892, this two-act classical ballet remains a symbol of the holiday ...
At 36, Viktor Tomashek has been dancing in professional productions of “Swan Lake” since he was 24. The artistic director and principal dancer of the Grand Kyiv Ballet said, “I’ve ...
Every winter, dance companies across the U.S. present one very particular ballet for holiday audiences, "The Nutcracker." (SOUNDBITE OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S "THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71, ACT 1: NO. 2, MARCH") ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The white swan and the black swan, both portrayed by the Kansas City Ballet’s Kaleena Burks, represent good and evil in “Swan Lake ...
If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...
The unbounded success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie this summer followed by the Christmas season’s many stagings of “The Nutcracker,” danced to Tchaikovsky’s 1892 score, combined to spark my memory ...
CHANG: For many, going to local performances of this Tchaikovsky ballet is a treasured family tradition. And for ballet companies, it's big business, as NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas reports. ANASTASIA ...