Have some fun with The Nutcracker!

Read the Story of The Nutcracker.

   Try The Nutcracker Word Search...

                                       Or how about giving 
                       The Nutcracker Crossword Puzzle a whirl?

And then get out the pencils and crayons and create
           a drawing with The Nutcracker Coloring Activity!



Everyone loves The Nutcracker! Hear what some Boston Ballet students had to say about why they love The Nutcracker...


What do YOU think about Boston Ballet's The Nutcracker? Email your thoughts to the Boston Ballet School and your words might end up on the website! Let us know what you think... 

Did you know...

The Sugar Plum Fairy's glittering costume has over 300 pink and white beads and it took 30 hours to hand-sew them onto the beautiful tutu.



All the children dancing in The Nutcracker have completed one year of study at the Boston Ballet Center for Dance Education.

Did you know that if you search for The Nutcracker on www.google.com, more than 500,000 references will come up?

Mariinsky Palace, where The Nutcracker was first performed, is today the home of the famed Kirov Ballet.

If all of the ballet pointe shoes used in one season of The Nutcracker were lined up from heel to toe, they would circle Boston Common!

Typically, the Sugar Plum Fairy will go through one pair of pointe shoes during each performance.

This season, one ton of paper snow will fall on the Opera House stage.