“Urban Nutcracker” gives Black audiences a unique, highly relatable take on a ballet that was first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892 and which, in most white companies, still ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — After 15 years of performing ballet, NaTori Blackman-Gray finally got her chance recently to dance as the Snow Queen — a leading role in "The Nutcracker." For the Black ...

The holiday classic "The Nutcracker" has been performed by the ... going to mean to all of those little girls that see her, white and black, that see her, and can see themselves, and see a chance ...

In a short video posted to Instagram by Jill Biden, a group of dancers perform a tap version of “The Nutcracker ... Dorrance is also a white woman in a traditionally Black form, as well ...

The Act 1 party scene that sets up the fantastical second half of The Nutcracker is rendered hilarious by the physical schtick of Ben Stevenson’s choreography for Texas Ballet Theater (Nov. 29 ...

Charlotte Nebres, 11, is making history this holiday season as the first black lead at the New York City Ballet’s annual production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Charlotte ...

a Black Sugarplum Fairy, will follow in the not so distant future. For now, these fresh Dewdrops — filling the theater with cheering crowds — gave “The Nutcracker” a jolt of energy and ...