[CondoleezzaProtege]

(From the iconic NYC Ballet version)

[Liz]

I saw the NY Ballet production......but the prima ballerina screwed up the pas de deux.

[CaptainK]

I love ballet but it's one of my least favorites. And yet I've see a few different productions. ABT, NYC Ballet. Love the music, the story meh.

[goodnesswins]

Only Ballet I saw was the Bolshoi with Barishkonov (sp?) Fantastic.

[Fiji Hill]

The instrument called the “celesta” was introduced to Russia by Tchaikovsky. Its unique water drop sound is heard during The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

The celeste, or celesta was discovered by rock-and-rollers in the 1950s and featured on tunes such as It's Too Late by Chuck Willis.

[Adder]

My appreciation of ballet and opera begins and ends with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.

More power to thems what likes it.

I recall my mother making us watch the Nutcracker...worst hours of my life including bouts with kidney stones...

[skr]

I like The Nutcracker Ballet’s music but much prefer the ballets in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

I know, I know, not a Christmas show, but there was a lot of snow, a barn and a baby, although she was a girl. And all of the guys’ names were from the Bible, yes, even Frank’s. :)

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

My wife and I were in London a couple of years ago and we saw Royal Ballet Nutcuavker at Covent Garden. It was the best musical experience either of us had ever had.