by Julia Guiheen | Dec 18, 2019 | Everything "Nutcracker", TBT
On December 18, 1965, The Bell Telephone Hour broadcast a Christmas special featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Melissa Hayden and Jacques d’Amboise. The pair performed the Snow Pas de Deux from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, choreographed by...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Dec 14, 2018 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker"
Few people who are busier during the holidays than corps members of American ballet companies. December is officially Nutcracker season—a company’s chance to earn a huge chunk of their revenue for the year, and a dancer’s chance to go a little, ahem, nuts,...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Everything "Nutcracker", TBT
For ballet dancers, Christmastime means The Nutcracker—and endless weeks of rehearsals and performances. By the time the New Year arrives, we can stand to wait 10 more months for the next round to begin. But despite its relentless repetition, The Nutcracker remains...