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.

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His work for the English National Ballet includes the Nutcracker and the award-winning Double Concerto.

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Still, the Oregon Ballet Theatre is set to retire its Balanchine "Nutcracker" in the near future.

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This year marks the final season for the Boston Ballet's longstanding "Nutcracker, " whose sets and costumes are now 16 years old.

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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.

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New York Theatre Ballet, which for 26 years had run the same Nutcracker for children, is launching a new production this year.

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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.

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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.

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