NEW YORK — We all know it. The enchanting melody of “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which returns to New York City Ballet on Friday for its annual run through Dec.

Delicate as a music box and bright as a winter star, the bell-like chimes of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" signal pure Christmas magic, evoking images of graceful, twirling ballerinas ...

Jazz NutCracker, my jazz adaptation of "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set to the Fleischer Studio classic short "Christmas Come But Once A Year," from 1936.

With its sparkling celesta and dreamlike rhythm, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” has become a sonic hallmark of Christmas. But its festive identity is a modern invention. Born in a 19th-century ...

In the 1890s, when the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was preparing to write the music for the ballet that would become his holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” he encountered a brand-new instrument: the ...

Entertainment as varied as “The Nutcracker” classical ballet to Portland’s own Jinkx Monsoon returning for a 2024 edition of “The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show” is set to brighten Portland-area stages ...