By the mid-19th century, nutcrackers resembled the human figures we recognize today. Around 1865, the German woodworker Wilhelm Fuchtner became the first to commercially produce a ...

This poised nutcracker figure will make the cutest accompaniment to your stocking collection. The best part about the holiday ...

Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most often depicted as toy soldiers, they became gifts and symbols of good ...

Who doesn't love the well-known and much-appreciated ballet "The Nutcracker"? Not to mention the decorative (and sometimes still-functional) nutcracker figurines at Christmas? As cohost Emily Compagno ...

It takes some doing in this country to be more than about 25 miles from a production of “The Nutcracker” during the Christmas season. The ballet has become as American as Friday Night Lights and as ...

Calling all dancers! Alabama Theatre announces NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet’s unique “Dance with Us” program.

Forget the Twelve Days of Christmas. "Yule" need the full four weeks in between Thanksgiving and Christmas to enjoy all of the festive music, theater, ballet and more that we've rounded up. With six ...

The holiday season is just a few months away, and so is the North American tour of NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet. The ...

Grace Seidel is a 12-year-old dancer at Ballet Brazos, who will be performing in The Nutcracker for her second time this year ...