Listen to how Tchaikovsky uses the celesta in “The Nutcracker,” unleashing the potential of the instrument to signal playfulness and fantasy. By Joshua Barone Photographs and Video by Vincent Tullo ...

This retelling of The Nutcracker features a full orchestral performance and stunning choreography. An imaginative retelling of the classic ballet, featuring a full orchestral performance and stunning ...

Leave your Grinches, Scrooges, Red Ryder BB guns and Hans Grubers behind. All I want to do during the holiday season is watch as many versions of The Nutcracker as possible; and here are some ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers. By Hugh Morris “The ...

When the creators of “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” melded hip hop dancing with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet score, there was a feeling they had something special on their hands. “It’s so crazy ...

It is, for so many of us, the permanent soundtrack of the holiday season. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” like no other music, conjures up images for me of warm fireplaces, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — It's beginning to look (and sound) a lot like Christmas, and the annual Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra tradition, "Holiday ...