In “The Nutcracker,” when Clara is entertained by a trio of divertissements (diversions) in the Land of Sweets, dances from around the world — the “Arabian Dance,” “Chinese Dance” and “Russian Dance” ...

Nashville’s Nutcracker magic is back — and so is Colette Tilinski. We sat down with the Nashville Ballet star to talk ...

Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since ...

La Scala opens its new season on Sunday with Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, an opera promoting women's rights that was once banned in Russia.

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere with a Russian opera, Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of ...

Former German government ministers and lobbyists have been meeting Putin associates in the Gulf, preparing reciprocal visits ...

Helgi Tomasson's inspired staging of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" is back, brilliantly danced by the San Francisco Ballet.

In Tolstoy's tragic portrait of Anna and Tchaikovsky's music, Eifman found all the inspiration he needed. "For me, Tolstoy is ...

In 1960, seven decades after it debuted, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn arranged the classical ballet score into the jazz reinterpretation, “The Nutcracker Suite.” Then, in 2023, American string ...

This article first appeared in  Sun Life Magazine ,  a Daily Independent publication . Christmas and the arts, both steeped ...

Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker – A Tale from the Bayou returns this month with four performances on Dec. 20 and ...

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