Ten Ways To Tell If Your 'Nutcracker' Is Traditional (And They're Not Necessarily The Ways You Think)

As Alastair Macaulay points out, changes to the original Tchaikovsky/Petipa scenario have been made ever since the ballet's 1892 premiere. "Many people crave a traditional Nutcracker, often the one they grew up with. But frequently it turns out that their notion of Nutcracker tradition goes back only to the mid-20th century. ... So here are 10 Nutcracker checkpoints to help you work out where your Nutcracker is or isn't true to the ballet's heart and (a different thing) its tradition."

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