Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. João Percilio da Silva and San Francisco Ballet perform in Tomasson's "Nutcracker." (Lindsey Rallo/San Francisco Ballet) While the ...

“Nutcracker” performances are upon us yet again with this fairy tale ballet from 1892 relegating comparatively more recent Yuletide entertainment traditions like “It’s a Wonderful Life” to the status ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 21—A dancer ran up to her ballet teacher, sweat trickling down her face, as a mix of professional and local ballet dancers ...

About half of the revenue for American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite "The Nutcracker." Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.

While the San Francisco Ballet's much loved production rises to the top of many dance lovers' holiday wish lists, it's far from being the only "Nutcracker" in town. Across the Bay Area, several local ...