One of the world’s most popular ballets, this musical fable for children and adults is based on the work of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. The story, if you somehow aren’t familiar with it, is of Mary’s Christmas toy that comes to life and battles the evil Mouse King, whereafter Mary and the nutcracker journey into a fairytale land, witnessing wonderful things until she finally passes out in his castle. Returned back at home, she makes a promise big enough to break a spell cast on the toymaker’s nephew, turning him back into a handsome prince that takes her to Doll Kingdom as his princess. Everyone dances.