Photo Flash: Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER Ballet in Movie Theaters 12/3!

In collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theaters nationwide on Monday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (local time). Click here for more information and tickets!

The Russian Imperial Mariinsky Theatre was the original home to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker in 1892, when it made its worldwide debut. Movie theater audiences will experience the marvelous talents of two of the Mariinsky Theatre’s rising stars – Alina Somova as Clara (Masha in the original Russian ballet) and Vladimir Shklyarov as the Nutcracker. Conducted by Valery Gergiev, this timeless production of The Nutcracker opens with a Christmas Eve party and a young girl, Clara, being given a nutcracker doll by her godfather, Drosselmeyer. Later in the evening when Clara sleeps, she finds herself in the midst of the Nutcracker’s battle against the Mouse King and his army of mice. Coming to Clara’s aid, the Nutcracker is transformed into a Prince and journeys with her to an enchanted island where spectacular celebrations are held in their honor.

Don’t miss your chance to share this holiday tradition with your family in movie theaters for one day only on December 3!

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Photo Credit: Valentin Baranovsky

The Mouse King (Soslan Kulaev) in The Nutcracker

Mariinsky Theatre Ballet Company with Clara (Alina Somova)

Children play with a new doll (Yana Selina) during a Christmas Eve party in the The Nutcracker

Young Clara (Alexandra Korshunova) dances with her new Nutcracker in The Nutcracker

Soldiers (Mariinsky Theatre Children's Chorus) in The Nutcracker

Clara (Alina Somova) and the Prince (Vladimir Shklyarov) in The Nutcracker

A clown (Konstantin Ivkin) during the Christmas Eve party in The Nutcracker