“The Nutcracker” is a musical ballet written by Tchaikovsky. A girl dreams of a battle between the villainous Mouse King and the Nutcracker. The ballet group is raising money to try to replace ...

Dueling duetJames Streeter as the Mouse King (left) spars with Junor Souza, playing the Nutcracker, in a 2010 production of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet presented by the English National Ballet ...

Doherty joined American Ballet Company in 2021 as an apprentice, which was the same year he was cast to play the Mouse King in "The Nutcracker." He has played the role since. In addition to ...

The story in the ballet is loosely based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A Hoffmann. The source material is much darker than what made it to the ballet, according to ...

After her nutcracker beats the mouse king, the nutcracker takes Clara to ... in 1892 to provide family entertainment to audiences. Ballet West's founder, Willam Christensen, choreographed the ...

Adapted from E.T.A. Hoffman’s terrifying fairytale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” — and Alexander Dumas’s family-friendly version of the story — the ballet follows a little girl ...

Now as Clara’s toy Nutcracker and the evil Mouse King come to life, Victoria’s Ballet Theatre is excited to welcome audiences back to theatre for five magical performances from December 12-14.

Did the Mouse King strike? A ballet group in suburban Detroit is scrambling after someone stole a trailer filled with props for upcoming performances of the beloved holiday classic The Nutcracker.