



Saint Louis’ favorite holiday production is back!




Saint Louis’ favorite holiday production is back! Grand and traditional, Gen Horiuchi’s "The Nutcracker" is a large-scale production with glorious sets and lighting, hundreds of colorful costumes, rousing music and the talents of Saint Louis Ballet’s professional dancers alongside students of the Saint Louis Ballet School.
A tradition for families throughout Saint Louis and beyond, Gen Horiuchi’s Nutcracker captures the spirit of the holidays with the two-act spectacle originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
Saint Louis Ballet presents Thanksgiving weekend previews as well as matinee and evening productions in December.
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Are you looking for a field trip opportunity?
Need a shorter version that's narrated for your littlest one?
Saint Louis Ballet offers The Nutcracker: A Shorter Tale for these reasons
Click below for information on this opportunity offered on December 17 at 11am

Missouri ArtSafe Certified
Saint Louis Ballet and Touhill Performing Arts Center are Missouri ArtSafe certified by the Missouri Arts Council and the Missouri Arts Safety Alliance. This program is a standard for venues from St. Louis to Kansas City and everywhere in between. For more information, visit https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/missouri-artsafe/.
For all Nutcracker performances, masks will be required when entering the Touhill and watching the performance in your seat. Currently, proof of vaccination is not required.


SAINT LOUIS BALLET'S
THE NUTCRACKER AT THE TOUHILL
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
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Sat, November 27 at 2:30pm
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Sat, November 27 at 7:00pm
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Sun, November 28 at 2:30pm
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Fri, December 17 at 7:00 pm
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Sat, December 18 at 2:30pm
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Sat, December 18 at 7:00 pm
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Sun, December 19 at 2:30pm
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Tue, December 21 at 7:00 pm
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Wed, December 22 at 2:30 pm
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Th, December 23 at 2:30 pm
At the Touhill Performing Arts Center
TICKETS:
Available now at metrotix.com