Thanks to PBS, Everyone Can Get a Glimpse of Wheeldon's Buzzy New Nutcracker
Christopher Wheeldon’s new Nutcracker for the Joffrey Ballet was huge news when it premiered last winter. The choreographer shifted the setting from the home of a well-off German family to the Chicago world’s fair, making the hero the young daughter of a working-class, Polish immigrant sculptress. This month, WTTW Chicago, the city’s public broadcasting station, […]