Aria Liu is confident she’ll be ready to perform in “The Nutcracker” with about 25 other musicians and 85 dancers at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. The 14-year-old Del Norte High ...

In fact, for Cincinnati Ballet, it’s “Nutcracker” time for the 51st year. (That’s 52 if you count the 2020 pandemic version, an hourlong TV broadcast.) There are other long-running holiday traditions ...

The Joffrey Ballet will hold open auditions for the Children’s Cast of Christopher Wheeldon’s “The Nutcracker” Friday and Sunday, Sept. 5 and 7, at its downtown studios in Joffrey Tower, 10 E.

The Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre will hold auditions for its upcoming production of The Nutcracker: A Tale from the Bayou on September 13 at The Dancers' Workshop.

“The Nutcracker” is a holiday tradition for dancers from preschool age and up. Audiences often include members who are there as family and not necessarily as fans of ballet. If that’s you, here are ...