Ballet Idaho's The Nutcracker

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.