For Ballet West dancers, the company’s historic production of The Nutcracker is more than an annual holiday tradition. For ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Just two days before the curtain rises on Ballet West's iconic "Nutcracker" performance in downtown Salt ...

Ballet West keeps the heart of The Nutcracker alive by sharing the first full version ever made in America. The Nutcracker – ...

Ballet West is home to America's first Nutcracker, which all started when founder, William Christensen, choreographed the first full-length version of The Nutcracker in the United States in 1944. In ...

Ballet West is celebrating 80 years of America’s First Nutcracker. Ballet West is celebrating 80 years of America’s First Nutcracker, started by founder Willam Christensen. Bruce Caldwell talks with ...

The first to appear at the Kennedy Center this year is from Ballet West, based in Salt Lake City. And as brisk and fresh as it feels, it comes as something of a surprise that its lineage goes back to ...

Ballet West, Utah’s largest dance company, is gearing up for its 60th season — with some world premieres, restaged classics inspired by founder Willam Christensen, flying vampires, a magic swan, and ...