When the holidays roll around, you'd be hard pressed to find a ballet company in the world that isn't gearing up for a production of The Nutcracker. All across the U.S., companies stage their own ...

The rats are back, and they are sexier than ever! Yes, you read that correctly. You may think going to see The Nutcracker is a wholesome way to spend the holiday season, but it turns out, behind the ...

While ballet is famous for its elegant iconography; delicate arabesques, refined port de bras and effortless-looking pirouettes, to name just a few, there are few more physically challenging ...

The dancer, who has been with the company for almost two decades, tells PEOPLE that since they perform through the holidays, she herself doesn’t have many traditions as her schedule is packed with ...

When the first performance of The Nutcracker begins, Christmas officially kicks off in Nashville. And that includes the magic of watching Colette Tilinski float onstage as the Sugar Plum Fairy. The ...

Madeline Woo and Nikisha Fogo are principal dancers with the San Francisco Ballet. They tell PEOPLE what it's like to celebrate the holiday amid a busy performance schedule ...

In a return to a classic, time-honored ballet tradition, the Jacobs School of Music’s Opera and Ballet Theater will present its performance of “The Nutcracker” beginning Friday at the Musical Arts ...

CBS News reports that this year’s Philadelphia Ballet staging of "The Nutcracker" will include a remarkable comeback story. Company dancer Nick Patterson, who spent much of last year undergoing ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...