THE NUTCRACKER

Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon
Story by Brian Selznick
based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Designed by Julian Crouch
Every December at The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, Illinois.

Brian wrote a new narrative for Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker at the Joffrey. The story, now set during the construction of the 1893 Columbian World’s Exposition in Chicago, features the immigrant communities that built this spectacular fair.

photos: Cheryl Mann. Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet.

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