More than 250 local and regional dancers auditioned in September for Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company’s 29th annual Nutcracker ballet. This record number of audition participants was echoed by the ...

Performing alongside professional ballet dancers in “The Nutcracker” with one of the most revered companies in the country is a dream come true for many young ballet students. Each year, over 100 ...

Woo, a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, tells PEOPLE about the one 'Nutcracker' scene she says feels like doing "ballet on hard mode" Each year when the holidays roll around, hundreds ...

Any little girl lucky enough to be in the audience of The Nutcracker ballet would dream of joining the cast on stage. But for one Rockland girl, this dream became a reality. Eight-year-old Esten ...

a little bit of holiday magic happens. Onstage are a dozen little girls, ages 6 to 10, all dolled up as angels, complete with tiny halos and wings. As the vibrant Tchaikovsky score swells, the ...

Madeline Woo is a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet — where the first ever full-length production of The Nutcracker was performed in the United States Woo has danced in her fair share of ...