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 ...

This production was a reimagining of a famous ballet based on a Russian folktale and featured an Osage ballerina who forced the dance world to reimagine who could be one of their biggest stars. In ...

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 ...