Highlights of the ballet are the moment when Clara enters the magical and whimsical dream world of Christmas where the Nutcracker Prince and his tin soldiers battle mischievous mice. The monstrous ...

The ballet's plot —adapted from German ... magically comes to life. The Nutcracker Prince and his tin soldiers fight the Mouse King and his mice soldiers. There's a Kingdom of Sweets, a Sugar ...

At least at the Kennedy Center, where “The Nutcracker”— performed this ... parlor is magicked into a battlefield. The tin soldiers deploy an especially nimble battle strategy to crush ...

"The Nutcracker," you'll remember, starts with a war. Mice have invaded the living room! Calling all toys! Tin soldiers, defending their homeland under the Christmas tree, have put up a brave fight.

For many families, a trip to “The Nutcracker” is ... a crop of pint-size dancing soldiers. As Impresario, Velazquez is a perfect partner to Assucena in the ballet’s penultimate variation ...

Drosselmeyer’s toys come to life at midnight in the ballet, and the Nutcracker leads tin soldiers and ginger bread men in battle against an army of mice. The new production will transplant the ...

which showcased a nutcracker that came to life. The popularity of this ballet helped promote the success of the toy nutcrackers. Broader popularity came when World War II soldiers brought ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Siblings, a Soldier from Ukraine ... children dancing in City Ballet’s production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” ...

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 ...

Here's what to know about the beloved "Nutcracker Ballet." "The Nutcracker" is a ballet set to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The story in the ballet is loosely based on the story "The Nutcracker ...

One of the most anticipated gifts of Christmas to the community will be unwrapped on Dec. 13 through Dec. 15, at the Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium. The “Nutcracker Ballet,” produced by Lone ...