Ballet Des Moines was blessed with a snowy opening night for The Nutcracker last Thursday at Hoyt Sherman Place. For ballet companies across the world, the production of The Nutcracker is both the close to the fall season and a company’s most attended performance, thanks to its ties to holiday tradition and nostalgia. With the […]
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Interview: Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker rings in the holiday season at Hancher
The Nutcracker Hancher Auditorium Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. In 1987, Chicago’s renowned Joffrey Ballet premiered their version of The Nutcracker at the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium. Now, nearly 30 years later, they’ve […]
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Essay: On ‘The Nutcracker’ and ballet’s diversity problem
The Nutcracker The Englert Theatre ($16-$18) Fri., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 5, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre ($87-$128) Sat., Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m. The Nutcracker has a wild and complicated history. The original creepy tale by […]
