The Telegraph

Pro dancer returns to Macon to perform in Nutcracker of Middle Georgia, teach ballet

Each year, the Nutcracker of Middle Georgia draws large audiences, and this year’s iteration drew someone special back to Macon’s Grand Opera House. Roxy Shackelford, a Maconite and professional ...
The New York Times

Studying ‘The Nutcracker,’ Students Listen, Touch, Move Like Snow

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music students who are blind and visually impaired are offered a five-week course. “For me this class is about being dance,” its teacher says. By ...
New York Post

How ‘The Nutcracker’ evolved from ‘creepy’ roots to become a beloved Christmas tradition

Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy — and its ...
The Washington Post

The making of ‘The Nutcracker’: Sweat, chaos and 300 pounds of snow

The Washington Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” is an institution. And an enormous undertaking. (Photos by Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) The holiday classic is the Washington Ballet’s ...
The New York Times

How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse

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 ...