Performances of “The Nutcracker” can be found almost any weekend in December in towns across America. Set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score, “The Nutcracker” is about a girl named Clara who is given a ...

COLUMBIA — As Christmas draws near, there are familiar signs: the air chills, the lights go up and shopping anxiety intensifies. But for dancers, the Christmas season means one thing: “The Nutcracker.

Ballet Arkansas once again fills the Robinson Center Performance Hall stage with whirling snowflakes, waltzing flowers, belligerent rodents and an expanding Christmas tree for its 45th anniversary ...