The timeless show has become a Christmas stalwart and a major source of revenue for ballet companies. But it wasn’t always so successful. Dueling duetJames Streeter as the Mouse King (left) spars with ...
In 1892, composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa debuted “The Nutcracker,” a two-act ballet about a young girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker for Christmas. When the ...