by Catie Robinson | Dec 12, 2025 | Company Life, Dance History, Everything "Nutcracker", Pointe+
By December, dancers might already be feeling Nutcracker-music fatigue. Not only have they heard it for weeks in the studio, but it’s also prolific in holiday commercials and Christmas playlists. But did you know that Tchaikovsky’s initial handwritten plans included...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 10, 2017 | Career, Dance History, Everything "Nutcracker"
Literary Roots E.T.A. Hoffmann, a German writer, penned the eerie and dark tale “Nutcracker and Mouse King” in 1816. About 30 years later, the French writer Alexandre Dumas took the Nutcracker story into his own hands, lightening things up and softening...