For the first time, New York City Ballet has cast a black Marie in its annual production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” which premiered in 1954. This season, the leading role of ...

Charlotte Nebres has made history in the New York City Ballet production of The Nutcracker. The 11-year-old is the first Black ballerina to play Marie in the George Balanchine version of the ...

New York City Ballet’s holiday ... of the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The performance opens with a Christmas party at the Stahlbaum’s house, where young Marie is gifted a ...

In a season with no world premieres, the troupe is still offering rich programming, honoring the 50th anniversary of its ...

A 13-year-old from Red Hook will take center stage when the curtain rises on the New York City Ballet’s iconic production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” at Lincoln Center this week. Sasi ...

whose design credits include New York City Ballet and HBO’s “The Guilded Age.” But Milwaukee Ballet also knows its audience. To abandon their “Nutcracker” completely wasn’t practical ...

"The Nutcracker" was first staged in 1892 by Russia's Mariinsky Ballet. The New York City Ballet ... Nebres performed as its first Black Marie, in many adaptations of the story known as Clara ...

After the family falls asleep, Clara (sometimes called Marie ... the ballet. But The Nutcracker’s most indelible mark on the fledgling American ballet scene was left by the New York City Ballet ...

The rats in Marie’s fantastical dream display feats of athleticism while soaring leaps bring FSBT’s iconic red Nutcracker ... The ballet world has debated New York City Ballet founder George ...