by Lydia Murray | Aug 16, 2022 | Black History Month, Profiles
History’s rare gems often languish in the shadows of what might have been, and ballet is no exception. Those credited with shaping the artform—usually choreographers, principal dancers and impresarios—become legends, while corps de ballet members mostly go...
by Rachel Hellwig | Dec 20, 2021 | Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker"
Updated on 11/28/23 For ballet dancers, Nutcracker season is a time of new artistic and technical heights. And thanks to the sheer number of performances, it can also be a time when many dancers get their first soloist or principal role. But getting a big break during...
by Kyra Laubacher | Dec 15, 2021 | Onstage, The Latest
This holiday season, Festival Ballet Providence is rolling out a brand-new Nutcracker. Running December 17–26 at Providence’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS), the production features fresh choreography by FBP artistic curator Yury Yanowsky, new costume and...
by Katherine Beard | Dec 13, 2021 | Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker"
For most ballet companies, The Nutcracker is an annual repertoire staple, sometimes requiring dancers to perform in as many as 30 to 40 shows during the holiday season. But last year, the pandemic forced dance organizations around the world to reimagine their...
by Lindsay Martell | Dec 8, 2021 | Everything "Nutcracker", Training
Preparing for Nutcracker season is always an exhilarating rush—and not just for ballet students and professionals. In local productions from Berkeley to Houston to New York City, many adult recreational dancers take on roles in the holiday classic too. When you’re a...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 20, 2020 | Health & Body, Wellness
If you find yourself with extra downtime this Nutcracker season, but counterintuitively higher stress levels, you’re likely not alone. “COVID-19 has been this underlying baseline stress in the back of everybody’s lives. Whether you realize it or not,...
by Julia Guiheen | Dec 16, 2020 | TBT
In need of extra Nutcracker cheer? Watching Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes, two former stars of The Royal Ballet, dance the ballet’s grand pas de deux is an instant fix. In this clip from a 1958 Nutcracker television broadcast, even black and white film...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Dec 15, 2020 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker", Instagram
“What is that?” the TSA agent asked last year when I placed the giant circular bag onto the conveyer belt. “It’s a tutu—for ballet. You know…like The Nutcracker?” I was quick to explain. “Oh, I see. How do you plan on...