The Nutcracker

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The Nutcracker

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The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as adapted by Alexandre Dumas. It was commissioned by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the Imperial Theatres, following the success of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, and choreographed by Marius Petipa, who gave the composer detailed instructions for the tempo and length of each musical number.

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Oct 28 · Den BoschNov 7 · DerbyNov 8 · ClevelandNov 23 · SeattleNov 23 · SeattleNov 24 · LiègeDec 1 · KendalDec 5 · MinneapolisDec 6 · TampaDec 6 · BrusselsDec 6 · AtlantaDec 9 · Louisville

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All dates48Netherlands5United Kingdom2United States27Belgium13Cyprus1

Netherlands

  1. Oct 28Den BoschMAINSTAGE BrabanthallenView details
  2. Jan 21, 2027MaastrichtMECCView details
  3. Jan 23, 2027AmsterdamRAI TheaterView details
  4. Jan 24, 2027AmsterdamRAI TheaterView details
  5. Jan 26, 2027GroningenMartiniplazaView details

United Kingdom

  1. Nov 7DerbyVaillant Live, DerbyView details
  2. Dec 1KendalKendal Brewery Arts CentreView details

United States

  1. Nov 8ClevelandMusic Hall at the Cleveland Public AuditoriumView details
  2. Nov 23SeattleMoore TheatreView details
  3. Nov 23SeattleMoore TheatreView details
  4. Dec 5MinneapolisOrpheum TheatreView details
  5. Dec 6TampaUSF Theatre 1View details
  6. Dec 6AtlantaCobb Energy Performing Arts CentreView details
  7. Dec 9LouisvilleThe Louisville PalaceView details
  8. Dec 11RaleighMartin Marietta Center for the Performing ArtsView details
  9. Dec 12Grand RapidsDeVos Performance HallView details
  10. Dec 12SyracuseLandmark TheatreView details
  11. Dec 12BirminghamBJCC Concert HallView details
  12. Dec 12DallasMusic Hall At Fair ParkView details
  13. Dec 13Grand RapidsDeVos Performance HallView details
  14. Dec 13DallasMusic Hall At Fair ParkView details
  15. Dec 13DetroitFox Theatre DetroitView details
  16. Dec 16IndianapolisOld National CentreView details
  17. Dec 16San DiegoJacobs Music CenterView details
  18. Dec 18San DiegoSan Diego Civic TheatreView details
  19. Dec 19Grand RapidsDeVos Performance HallView details
  20. Dec 19BoiseMorrison Center for the Performing ArtsView details
  21. Dec 19Los AngelesThe WilternView details
  22. Dec 20DetroitMusic Hall CenterView details
  23. Dec 20Grand RapidsDeVos Performance HallView details
  24. Dec 20DetroitMusic Hall CenterView details
  25. Dec 22KnoxvilleTennessee TheatreView details
  26. Dec 23KnoxvilleTennessee TheatreView details
  27. Dec 27San DiegoBalboa TheatreView details

Belgium

  1. Nov 24LiègeLe ForumView details
  2. Dec 6BrusselsCirque Royal - Koninklijk CircusView details
  3. Dec 26Forest (Brussels)Vorst Nationaal/Forest NationalView details
  4. Dec 27HasseltTrixxo Theater HasseltView details
  5. Jan 2, 2027Forest (Brussels)Vorst Nationaal/Forest NationalView details
  6. Jan 3, 2027AntwerpLotto Arena AntwerpenView details
  7. Jan 9, 2027MonsThéâtre RoyalView details
  8. Jan 9, 2027GhentCapitole GentView details
  9. Jan 20, 2027MonsThéâtre RoyalView details
  10. Jan 22, 2027CharleroiDômeView details
  11. Jan 30, 2027LiègeLe ForumView details
  12. Feb 2, 2027BruggeConcertgebouwView details
  13. Feb 5, 2027BrusselsCirque Royal - Koninklijk CircusView details

Cyprus

  1. Dec 12 – Dec 13LimassolPattihio TheatreView details

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About The Nutcracker

When Petipa fell ill in August 1892, his assistant Lev Ivanov completed the choreography. Petipa's adaptation added the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the ballet's score includes the widely performed "Waltz of the Flowers" and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy," the latter notable for its early use of the celesta. The ballet premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on December 18, 1892, on a double bill with Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.

The original production was not considered a success, and the ballet only achieved its enduring worldwide popularity after choreographer George Balanchine staged a new production for New York City Ballet in 1954, which established the annual holiday-season staging tradition now followed by ballet companies internationally.

Companies around the world continue to mount seasonal productions of The Nutcracker each winter, typically featuring the ballet's original two-act structure, Tchaikovsky's complete score, and choreography descended from or referencing Petipa and Ivanov's original staging.

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