Tag: the nutcracker

A Christmas Nutcracker Story to Make You Feel #AllTheFeels

A merry, happy, holly-jolly Christmas to everyone celebrating! This is one of those days when—as we sit in a pile of wrapping paper debris, snuggly in our snowflake onesies, eating delicious cookies and celebrating the end (or near-end) of an insane Nutcracker season—we can’t help but be intensely grateful for all the good things in […]

Laurie Hernandez Visited NYCB—and It's the Best Thing Ever

Olympic gymnast, recent Mirror Ball Trophy winner and all-around adorable human Laurie Hernandez has gifted us the most AMAZING holiday present of all time: a video of her stopping by New York City Ballet to learn a dance from The Nutcracker. 🙌 The video, shot by Teen Vogue, shows principal Lauren Lovette leading Hernandez in a […]

Meet the 7-Year-Old with Down Syndrome Who Just Performed in The Nutcracker

Jack onstage in The Nutcracker (Peter Mueller, courtesy Cincinnati Ballet) Some dance stories inspire you; some make you grin uncontrollably; some make you a little bit teary. The best do all three. And this is one of the best: Yesterday, 7-year-old Jack Barlow became the first child with Down syndrome to perform in Cincinnati Ballet’s […]

#LazySunday Dance Video Roundup

Winter’s in full swing, which means Sundays are now reserved for watching your favorite dance videos on repeat. We’ve done the hard work for you and rounded up the best of the best. From full-length ballets to competition drama, there’s something for everyone. Check it out and happy #LazySunday! For the Bunheads: Need an extra […]

Disney Is Making a Nutcracker Movie

There’s about to be a new Nutcracker in town—and by “in town,” I mean “in movie theaters.” This weekend, it came out that Disney is developing a big-screen version of the holiday classic. But if you’re imagining animated mice and snowflakes and sugar plums—or an expanded version of the vaguely creepy Fantastia “Nutcracker” sequence, with […]

Pennsylvania Ballet Smacks Down Ignorant Eagles Fan, Wins Everything

You know what we love? When non-dance people acknowledge just how much in common dancers have with elite athletes—because dancers are elite athletes. You know what we hate with the fire of a thousand suns? When less-informed non-dance people betray their complete ignorance by assuming that dancers are fragile, delicate weaklings. Like the Philadelphia Eagles […]

A Very Animated Nutcracker, Starring Cyrus Spencer

You know, it’s funny: We’re so used to seeing the brilliant animation of the Dragon House Crew dancers and their ilk set to aggressive dubstep that “animation” and “dubstep” have come to seem like a milk-and-cookies pair. They’re just right together. But there’s so much subtlety and nuance in animation that it can actually benefit […]

NYCB's Megan Fairchild Talks Sugarplum Fairy

Nutcracker mania is in full swing right now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This year, some of our favorite ballerinas are getting much-deserved coverage leading up to their performances (obviously because of their talent, but also thanks to ballet’s crazy-fast increase in pop culture visibility this year). Case in point: Megan Fairchild, a principal […]