Nutcracker arabian costume

The Original San Jose Nutcracker presented by San José Dance Theatre is celebrating 57 years of magic! The longest-running live production of The Nutcracker in San Jose has been a Bay Area family tradition since 1964.

The music of The Nutcracker debuted months before the ballet. In March of 1892, Pyotr Tchaikovsky conducted The Nutcracker Suite at the St. Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The first performance of the ballet itself was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, Iolanta, on 18 December 1892, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. This suite became very popular and for while was more admired than the ballet. The suite features the…

America Makes ‘The Nutcracker’ Its Own - The New York Times

Ballet Diary No. 3: American Ballet Theatre: Opening-night gala; La Bayadère (ABT’s season runs through July 10 at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center); Unrelated Solos / Baryshnikov…

ABT La Bayadere Kristi Boone

Royal Winnipeg Ballet School

Nutcracker Costumes by Richard Calmes - http://www.pbase.com/rcalmesVaganova Ballet Academy, Dance open 2010 - Ballet, балет, Ballett, Bailarina, Ballerina, Балерина, Ballarina, Dancer, Dance, Danse, Danza, Танцуйте, Dancing