The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers become especially complicated when grips, gaffers and gimbal operators are part of the choreography. Identified during its opening ...

Every holiday season, hordes of people who barely ever think about ballet show up to watch their local dance company perform a magical tale complete with evil mice, dancing desserts, and the most ...

As the performing arts sector struggles to find its way back into the spotlight from the shadow of canceled shows, closed theatres and costly safety precautions, the ballet world is finally able to ...

In a return to a classic, time-honored ballet tradition, the Jacobs School of Music’s Opera and Ballet Theater will present its performance of “The Nutcracker” beginning Friday at the Musical Arts ...

It took me two decades but in December 2008, I finally attended The Joffrey Ballet’s iconic “The Nutcracker,” just in time for that 21st anniversary run of Chicagoland’s most popular family holiday ...