Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, featuring the celesta’s magical sound, became iconic through The Nutcracker. Initially criticized, its popularity soared via Disney’s Fantasia ...

Yahoo Life accompanied Phelan backstage as she got ready to dance the lead role of Sugarplum Fairy in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. (Molly Cranna for Yahoo News) ...

The dramatic climax is the famous “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” performed to the “Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a.” This is a compilation of many pieces of music: “The March,” “Dance of ...

But what about the entrance of the Sugarplum Fairy? Glowing like a celestial being, serene and fully in charge, she skims across the stage neither rushing nor slowing the flow of her delicate ...

Submitted photo Graduating senior dancers at Ballet Western Reserve will dance the principal roles in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” The senior dancers are, kneeling from left ...

During her first year at Dance Creations Academy, freshman Sophie Mentele watched the former Sugar Plum Fairy practice. At that moment, her mind wandered as she began to imagine herself in the role.

“I was like, ‘OK, so when you're going by the Sugarplum Fairy and she looks at you ... and I feel that I've been through a lot in the dance world — both very good things and very bad things,” Bouder ...

When New York City Ballet dancer Unity Phelan steps on stage, her solo is set to the tinkling sounds of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” one of the most recognizable songs of ...

“I was like, ‘OK, so when you're going by the Sugarplum Fairy and she looks at you ... and I feel that I've been through a lot in the dance world — both very good things and very bad ...