Some revered "Nutcracker" productions say they're under pressure to compete with newer, edgier versions.
Still, the Oregon Ballet Theatre is set to retire its Balanchine "Nutcracker" in the near future.
His work for the English National Ballet includes the Nutcracker and the award-winning Double Concerto.
Sure, New Yorkers with your Nutcracker ever year and street vendors selling hot pretzels might disagree.
" Ms. Morgan had to lobby roughly 60 companies, nearly twice as many as in the past, to fund this "Nutcracker.
This year marks the final season for the Boston Ballet's longstanding "Nutcracker, " whose sets and costumes are now 16 years old.
She rushed over to him throbbing with adrenaline and clamped one of his arms around her slender neck like a nutcracker.
"If we didn't do 'Nutcracker, ' our costumers would have less work, our stage manager would have less work it trickles down, " she says.
New York Theatre Ballet, which for 26 years had run the same Nutcracker for children, is launching a new production this year.
One of his jobs is to pump up players with pre-game speeches that involve everything from construction hardhats to a nutcracker (for the despised Buckeyes).
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The custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
The teenager has also performed with both English National Ballet and American Ballet Theatre at the Coliseum in London in performances of Nutcracker and Le Corsaire.
In the story, whose details vary among productions, young Marie Stahlbaum receives a nutcracker on Christmas Eve from her mysterious godfather with an eye patch, Herr Drosselmeier.
The Balanchine "Nutcracker" has an exclusive pedigree only seven ballet companies are licensed to perform it world-wide, and it must be executed precisely as the famed choreographer wanted it.
He has two major roles in this year's "Nutcracker" production.
Many companies are finding themselves at a difficult crossroads: Ticket sales for their traditional "Nutcracker" productions are flat or sagging, but the costs of creating new versions can be overwhelming.
To defray the broadcast costs, the ballet is teaming up with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which is producing a television broadcast of "The Nutcracker" on PBS this year.
He treats every creation as a challenge, daring himself to go far beyond any simple assumption about how a device, such as a corkscrew or nutcracker, is expected to work.
Other companies are working to expand their "Nutcracker" revenues.
The two-year-old Festival Ballet Albuquerque is unveiling its first "Nutcracker" this year, a New Mexico version that turns the Stahlbaum family into the Pachecos and adds Cochiti Pueblo dancers and a Native American storyteller.
And as a little bit of a history lesson, the custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
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Even the mighty New York City Ballet, whose 57-year-old production of "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker" is often held up as the ballet's gold standard, is experimenting with a way to stretch its "Nutcracker" dollars and reach a wider demographic.
Usually known for classic productions such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, The Dream of the Red Chamber is a collaborative effort, with choreography by Wang Xin Peng, artistic director of Germany's Ballet Dortmund, and a musical score written by Oscar-winning composer Michael Nyman and performed by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
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