With a little help from Clara, the Nutcracker and the tin soldiers win the battle and defeat the Mouse King and his army. The mice retreat and the Nutcracker is transformed from a wooden toy into ...

New York City Ballet’s acclaimed production of Balanchine’s masterpiece, which premiered on February 2, 1954, helped to establish The Nutcracker and its score as perennial favorites in the ...

We watched The Nutcracker and were absolutely blown away ... There’s the fantastic scene of the army of mice taking on the tin soldiers, and the whole thing is a wonderful story told through ...