News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 11 months ago
San Francisco Ballet was the first company to dance the full "Nutcracker" in North America, in 1944...But Tomasson wasn't thinking about television when he conceived his widely acclaimed $3.5 million production, which premiered in 2004. "After the...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 11 months ago
Here are some facts, figures and anecdotes about the most famous ballet in the world. Images When was the first "Nutcracker"?...Reputedly the first performance of the "Nutcracker" at the Mariinsky Theater in St...Peter Tchaikovsky, possibly the...