George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker from Miami City Ballet tickets

Hailed by the New York Times as “an exceptional troupe, by Balanchine standards, anywhere in the world,” Miami City Ballet continues the Kennedy Center’s tradition of presenting an American Nutcracker.

Venture into a wintery wonderland—inhabited by toy soldiers, waltzing snowflakes and flowers, a Sugarplum Fairy, and a nutcracker who comes to life—with a brave girl named Marie and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score as your guides. Balanchine’s sparkling choreography, more than 100 dancers, a live orchestra, and dazzling new designs by Cuban-American artists Ruben and the late Isabel Toledo, and projections by Wendall K. Harrington, bring Marie’s sherbert-hued journey to life in this festive holiday spectacle that will capture the whole family’s imagination.