In 1919, Igor Stravinsky was asked to write music for a ballet based on music manuscripts two centuries old. He agreed, resolving to remaking the music with “his own accent,” he said.

The Nutcracker is responsible for so many famous pieces of classical music played in popular culture that many people will recognise them ...

He plans to hit the ground running. “I want to bring more classical and traditional ballet to Columbia,” he told Free Times in a telephone interview from California. “I want to be able to do ...