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The Nutcracker
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Opening acts: North America: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow Ballet, Nutcracker, Carolina Ballet, Broadway Dallas, Ballet Idaho · Europe & UK: Ballet et Orchestre, Let's All Dance Ballet Company
- Den Bosch, NetherlandsMAINSTAGE BrabanthallenView details
- Derby, United KingdomVaillant Live, DerbyView details
- Cleveland, United StatesMusic Hall at the Cleveland Public AuditoriumPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Seattle, United StatesMoore TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Seattle, United StatesMoore TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
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- Kendal, United KingdomKendal Brewery Arts CentreView details
- Minneapolis, United StatesOrpheum TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Brussels, BelgiumCirque Royal - Koninklijk CircusPerformers: The Nutcracker - The British Festival BalletView details
- Valletta, MaltaTeatru ManoelView details
- Louisville, United StatesThe Louisville PalacePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Reno, United StatesGrand Sierra Resort and CasinoView details
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- Reno, United StatesGrand Sierra Resort and CasinoView details
- Limassol, CyprusPattihio Municipal TheatreView details
- Syracuse, United StatesLandmark TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Dallas, United StatesMusic Hall At Fair ParkPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow Ballet, Broadway DallasView details
- Dallas, United StatesMusic Hall At Fair ParkPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow Ballet, Broadway DallasView details
- Detroit, United StatesFox Theatre DetroitPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Indianapolis, United StatesOld National CentrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- San Diego, United StatesJacobs Music CenterPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
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- Los Angeles, United StatesThe WilternPerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
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- Knoxville, United StatesTennessee TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Knoxville, United StatesTennessee TheatrePerformers: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, The Former Moscow BalletView details
- Forest (Brussels), BelgiumVorst Nationaal/Forest NationalView details
- Hasselt, BelgiumTrixxo Theater HasseltView details
- Forest (Brussels), BelgiumVorst Nationaal/Forest NationalPerformers: The Nutcracker - Ballet and OrchestraView details
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- Ghent, BelgiumCapitole GentView details
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- Maastricht, NetherlandsMECCView details
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- Amsterdam, NetherlandsRAI TheaterView details
- Amsterdam, NetherlandsRAI TheaterView details
- Groningen, NetherlandsMartiniplazaView details
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- The Hague, NetherlandsWorld Forum TheaterView details
- The Hague, NetherlandsWorld Forum TheaterView details
Dates Wanderistan tracks for The Nutcracker, from ticketing and venue listings — upcoming: 43, past: 0. The Nutcracker may play other dates that are not listed here yet, so check the official tour page for the full schedule.
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About The Nutcracker
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...
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.
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.