There is no show more important to The National Ballet of Canada than its annual staging of The Nutcracker. The time-honoured classic involves dozens of dancers and a huge stage crew. It has to ...

Thirty years after he created it for the National Ballet of Canada, James Kudelka’s ‘Nutcracker’ is still giving the kids in the cast lots to do Updated Dec. 12, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. Dec. 7, 2024 ...

The Nutcracker is traditional, but it is not impermeable to change. Last year, Alberta Ballet’s rendition received its first major updates in 15 years.

Barbie, a ballerina on pointe, opens and closes the film as Linda Engelsiepen and Hilary Hinkle ’s sometimes complicated reworking of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fantastical 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker ...

“The Nutcracker Suite,” originally arranged for Les Brown and his Band of Renown by Frank Comstock, wasn’t the only time that the Brian Setzer Orchestra dabbled in classical rearrangements.

An annual tradition takes on a new look to transform how audiences see "The Nutcracker." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown tells us how one ballet company is helping to make this long ...