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A review of Lauren Lovette's new work for the Paul Taylor Dance Company by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

A year-in-review piece by Marcia Luttrell in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Portland Ballet presents "A Victorian Nutcracker."

Alexandra Hutchinson and India Bradley are interviewed about dancing Dewdrop by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times.

A review of the Stuttgart Ballet by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

A review of the Royal Swedish Ballet in "The Nutcracker" by Maggie Foyer for Bachtrack.

A review of Alexei Ratmansky's new "Coppelia" at La Scala by Roslyn Sulcas in The New York Times.

A look at adaptations and maladaptations of "The Nutcracker" by Hugh Morris in The New York Times.

Backstage at the Twin Falls Ballet Company's Nutcracker.

Osias Barroso Jr. of Ballet Manila has died at age 58.

Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet will go on strike for three days this month.

Backstage at Colorado Ballet Society's Nutcracker.

Preview in brief of a ballet gala scheduled for February in Bucharest.

A story on the interplay between performers and the live orchestra in Ballet Arizona's Nutcracker.

Joffrey dancers Anaís Bueno and José Pablo Castro talk about Nutcracker season.

More ballet students allege body-shaming and bullying to the BBC.

Leanne Benjamin will be the new artistic director of the Queensland Ballet.

Party pictures from this year's Nutcracker Family Benefit. With more than 650 guests in attendance, the benefit began with a performance of the timeless classic, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, followed by a holiday party on the Theater’s Promenade where the Sugarplum Fairy and characters from the production signed autographs and mingled with guests. The event, which raised over $950,000, is a critical source of support for New York City Ballet and its Education and Outreach Programs as well at The School of American Ballet’s Scholarship Fund.

Ballet Tucson presents its Nutcracker.

Dancers fired from the Syracuse City Ballet re-form as a new troupe.

A review of Oregon Ballet Theatre's Nutracker by Amy Leona Havin for Oregon ArtsWatch.

Nutcracker recollections and reflections by Deborah Weiss for Bachtrack.

A review of American Ballet Theatre by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

A TV news feature on New Orleans Ballet Theatre's Nutcracker.

A preview of Eugene Ballet 's Nutcracker.