WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 WHERE: Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico, 203 ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” set on Christmas Eve, was a flop when it was first staged in 1892, but since then — and especially after America and England got ahold of it in the ...

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Joffrey Ballet artistic director Ashley Wheater has been doing “The Nutcracker” for six decades. He performed in the ballet for the first time at age 6, dancing in the children’s cast of Rudolph ...

And the sheer athleticism to leap like a deer, glide like a swan, spin like a well-balanced top. Those qualities and abilities evident in ballerinas have always captivated audiences around the world, ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of multiple stories in ETX View’s 2025 November/December Holiday issue that published Nov. 15. To read more stories and view the full digital edition, visit our ETX View ...

If you didn’t know any better, the rhythmic thumping of 15 pairs of pointe-shoe-clad feet against the wood floor inside a Macon dance studio could easily be mistaken for an approaching army. Violins ...

In Chicago this season, you can find a jazzy Duke Ellington version, a global “Nutcracker” with hip-hop mice and the 50th anniversary of the holiday story on ice, as well as the Joffrey Ballet’s ...