Choreographed by John McFall
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Live with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra
It's the most wonderful time of the year – Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker returns to the Fox Theatre for an enchanted evening the whole family will enjoy. It's a fun-filled magical adventure that has continued to thrill audiences for more than 50 years!
Run time is approximately 2 hours, including a 25-minute intermission.
The “Fabulous Fox” is Atlanta’s most opulent historic landmark and a nationally acclaimed theatre.
In the midst of the holiday rush, it's comforting to step into the Fox Theatre for Atlanta Ballet's "Nutcracker" and to see the snow-laden evergreens and rounded minarets of the Petrov family's 19th-century Russian home. It's enchanting to peer through a lattice of winter branches into its picture window. There's a feeling of nostalgia, a moment to slow down, take a deep breath and prepare to be transported to the age of old-world classical story ballets - a time when people traveled by horse and carriage or sleigh, pocket watches ticked and ballets lasted four to five hours.
It's considered a staple of the holidays. The Atlanta Ballet is currently presenting its 52nd annual "Nutcracker Ballet" on stage at the Fox Theatre. FOX 5's Deidre Dukes received a behind the scenes look on Thursday!