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The Show Must Go On: Snowstorms, Sleepless Nights & Saving Chicago
At ten o’clock on a snowy Minneapolis night in 2022, the cast bus shuddered to a stop in the parking lot of an Afghan shopping center. The dancers inside had been expecting to sleep through the long, eight-hour drive to Chicago, where one of the tour’s most important...
The Show Must Go On: Snowstorms, Sleepless Nights & Saving Chicago
At ten o’clock on a snowy Minneapolis night in 2022, the cast bus shuddered to a stop in the parking lot of an Afghan shopping center. The dancers inside had been expecting to sleep through the long, eight-hour drive to Chicago, where one of the tour’s most important...
Superstitions in Ballet: The Rituals That Keep Dancers on Their Toes
Ballet, with its meticulous precision and mythic poise, may seem like the least superstitious of art forms. Every step is plotted, every gesture rehearsed, every toe pointed in perfect order. Yet beneath that polish lies a quietly humming network of rituals, omens,...
From Studio To Stage
Before Tchaikovsky’s first notes, a quiet storm is already underway. Backstage, dancers from around the world—shaping bodies, minds, and emotions with years of training—move through warm-ups, costume fittings, and precise rehearsal sequences. By curtain, months of...
Not Just a Stage—A Start: How “Dance with Us” Enriches Young Lives Through The Nutcracker
Each December, in cities and small towns across America, a familiar ritual begins. Little hands fumble into white gloves. Tights are tugged up, bobby pins tucked in. Somewhere backstage, a child nervously adjusts a pair of mouse ears or angel wings. And in the...
A Stage Without Borders: The Global Magic of Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet
In a time when borders define so much of our experience, NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet offers a rare and joyful counterpoint: a cast of dancers from across the globe, speaking not in words, but in the shared language of dance. This year’s tour brings together...