Tonight, Lindsey Kolb will step onstage with an international ballet company when the Moscow Ballet opens its two-night performance of "The Great Russian Nutcracker." For Kolb, 15, it could be the ...

Cute kids, antic elders, a dessert buffet that springs to life, all swirling to those gorgeous Tchaikovsky melodies — is it any wonder that “The Nutcracker” is one of the most popular ballets in the ...

Stravinsky adds 20th-century bite with three movements from Petrushka and The Firebird, although his Russian ballet heritage ...

The winter holidays are here, and so is “The Nutcracker,” showing in local theaters throughout the season. Picture the scene: The ballerina is lifted up high into the air to the glorious descending ...