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Ballet Idaho's The Nutcracker
Morrison Center for the Performing Arts in BoiseFri, Dec 18, 2026 · 07:00 PM
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Ballet Idaho presents The Nutcracker is a Arts & Theatre / Dance / Dance event at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts in Boise.
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Tchaikovsky's two-act ballet, The Nutcracker, comes to Boise as Ballet Idaho performs this holiday classic. The story follows a young girl's dream on Christmas Eve, featuring the Sugar Plum Fairy and a battle between toy soldiers and mice. First staged in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the score uses the celesta and has become one of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions.
Ballet Idaho's production brings the narrative to life with the company's dancers, capturing Hoffmann's original tale of a Nutcracker doll. Audiences can expect Tchaikovsky's melodies and choreography that has made the ballet a holiday tradition in North America since the late 1960s.
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What is The Nutcracker about?
The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet set on Christmas Eve, following a young girl's imaginative journey with a Nutcracker doll. The story is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's tale.
Who composed the music?
The music was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, noted for its use of the celesta.
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The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
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Morrison Center for the Performing Arts in Boise
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Morrison Center for the Performing Arts in Boise
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