George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® | Philadelphia Ballet

Toast the season with Philadelphia Ballet's performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Follow Marie and her Nutcracker doll on an epic journey! Tickets. 2024/2025 …

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Who performed The Nutcracker®?

Toast the season with Philadelphia Ballet's performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Follow Marie and her Nutcracker doll on an epic journey! ...

How old was Balanchine when he became a choreographer?

Balanchine was 21 at the time and became the main choreographer for the most famous ballet company. Sergei Diaghilev insisted that Balanchine change his name from Balanchivadze to Balanchine. Diaghilev soon promoted Balanchine to ballet master of the company and encouraged his choreography. ...

How did George Balanchine influence ballet?

A major artistic figure of the twentieth century, George Balanchine revolutionized the look of classical ballet. He heightened, quickened, expanded, streamlined, and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year-old language of academic dance, which had an inestimable influence on the growth of dance in America. ...

Who was George Balanchine?

It is difficult to overstate the depth and breadth of the artistry and influence of choreographer, George Balanchine. Called the ‘Father of American Ballet,’ he combined a reverence for the classical training he received as a boy in St. Petersburg with ferocious originality and commitment to modernism. ...

Who designed the Nutcracker?

Philadelphia Ballet’s world premiere production marked Mr. Horne’s fifth design of this piece. In 2005, Mr. Horne designed a Nutcracker for Washington Ballet following his productions for Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Met, and Les Grands Ballets. ...

What can I buy from George Balanchine?

Ballet audiences are fortunate to hear not only the works he intended for dance, such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, but also a wide variety of orchestral pieces that have been choreographed by great dance-makers, such as George Balanchine. Browse our boutique online for various items including tote bags, tumblers, apparel, accessories, and more. ...