The story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was transformed into a magical ballet in 1892 – and ... the whirling Russian Dance, based on a Ukrainian folk dance, and the elegant Waltz of ...

Set to a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” the 1892 Russian ballet is the holiday story of a girl who receives a ...

Find out more about The Nutcracker ballet, its memorable musical moments ... If you're wrapping presents: Listen to the energetic Russian Dance or Trepak - a Cossack dance normally performed ...