âThe Nutcrackerâ Reviews: Balanchine at Home for the Holidays
New York City Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet offer filmed productions of George Balanchineâs staging of Tchaikovskyâs Christmas classic.
Pacific Northwest Ballet company dancers and PNB School students in the finale of âGeorge Balanchine s âThe Nutcrackerââ Photo: Angela Sterling By Robert Greskovic Dec. 16, 2020 3:28 pm ET
Two films of âGeorge Balanchineâs âThe Nutcracker,ââ one made by Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle and the other by New York City Ballet, began streaming on Friday. But for the current pandemic, these troupes would be performing the work, live, for most of December in front of their theatersâ audiences.