Although Germany is famous for its handcrafted wooden nutcrackers, the figurines were first fashioned out of wood in France and England in the 15th and 16th centuries. By the 18th century, craftsmen ...

Nutcrackers of various forms have been around since early people figured out how to crack open shells to get at the food inside. In the beginning, a nutcracker was nothing more than a stone or rock ...

Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its ...

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(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Ballet Society will offer three performances of the holiday classic The Nutcracker with a uniquely Colorado Springs twist, and the FOX21 News Team will narrate and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “A Dewdrop is a drop of dew,” India Bradley said. “So can’t anyone do it?” She and the guest artist Alexandra Hutchinson perform the role in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

The holiday season is filled with many annual traditions, and for many that tradition includes attending a production of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s classic Christmas-themed ballet has been remixed ...