The Nutcracker Study Guides
Study guides in a variety of languages for our young audience members to learn more about PNB's productions The Nutcracker.
Study guides in a variety of languages for our young audience members to learn more about PNB's productions The Nutcracker.
Our youngest Nutcracker performers, all students at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, are some of the most dedicated kids in the ballet world. Each year, from late September to late December, they devote themselves to telling this timeless holiday story. From our littlest golden angels, to Clara’s bed rollers, each and every student […]
By Phil Chan, co-Founder, Final Bow for Yellowface
As a Chinese person, the second act of The Nutcracker has always bugged me. Looking more broadly at the historic depictions of “Chinese” people on the Western performing arts stage, we see fantasy elements of what Europeans thought Chinese people looked like […]
Dear Friends,
From all of us at PNB, welcome to The Nutcracker! We are so wildly happy you’re here. The 2020 holiday season was simply not the same without you. You’ll see that our production and McCaw Hall’s festive atmosphere are adapted for the most up-to-date health and safety reasons. […]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ 2021
“This cannon fires cheese,” Mr. Gio explained in a recent battle scene rehearsal for George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, prompting all the nine and ten-year-old Soldiers to giggle uncontrollably.
“What kind of cheese?” asked Soldier Number Seven, […]
Materials needed:
Wooden popsicle/craft sticks
Cupcake liners
Washi tape
Markers
Stickers, glitter glue, etc. Anything else you want to use to decorate!
Scissors
Dear Friends,
For many years I spent a lot of afternoons and evenings standing just inside the north door of McCaw Hall as Nutcracker audiences arrived for their show. Knowing that Nutcracker revenue supports everything we do […]
When the days grow short and the nights cold and festive holiday lights appear all around us, we spot snow on faraway peaks and wonder whether we might see enough outside our windows to build a snowperson. We also realize […]
We’ve given the lyrics of this holiday classic a fresh PNB twist. Gather ’round the yule log with your loved ones to sing about our classic production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.
🎵 On the first day of Nutcracker, my true love gave to me: a nutcracker under the tree!