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With the Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's fairy tale ballet, Christmas is never far away ! 

Since its premiere on 18 December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg with the choreography of Lev Ivanov, the ballet always had much success. The Nutcracker is probably the most popular of all ballets. It has delighted generations of children and their parents likewise, dazzled by the flake dance, the king of the mice, the Sugar Plum Fairy and of course, little Clara and her Christmas present, the beautiful nutcracker that is transformed into her Prince Charming !