After a successful $5 million capital campaign, Milwaukee Ballet is rolling out a new edition of "The Nutcracker" in December, with new costumes, new sets, more children and some new choreography. But ...

The story opens on Christmas Eve with a busy party scene with six dancing couples and many young dancers recruited from the community. During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter ...

“We made a set of rubies,” said Howard Merlin, Boston Ballet’s director of costumes. “But diamonds and emeralds we’re renting from National Ballet of Canada.” In late October, Merlin and his staff of ...

The 2025 holiday season is finally upon us, bringing Boston Ballet's The Nutcracker and more holiday shows for kids to Boston ...

As August comes to a close, so do the discussions about my children’s Hallowe’en costumes. The ideas start to brew about the same time days become just that little bit shorter. Advertisements for ...

While the Snow Queen and her Cavalier were eagerly waiting to take their final bows of the 2002 season, backstage volunteers were already at work on the next year's production of Marin Ballet's ...