Arts Agenda: Nutcrackers and other holiday dance

Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form.

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November 13-15

North Atlanta Dance Theatre’s 23rd season of The Nutcracker features a cast of 125, including international guest artists, on November 13 through November 15 at Gas South Theater in Duluth. 

November 19-21

The Buford School of Ballet presents the 31st annual performance of its Christmas program, Star of Wonder, at Gas South Theater in Duluth from November 19 through November 21.

November 20-22

The Grinch meets The Nutcracker in Southern Ballet Theatre’s A Very Grinchy Christmas at the Lawrenceville Arts Center on November 20, November 21 and November 22.

November 20-22 and December 4-6

The Nutcracker Suite is presented by the Terminus Student Company from November 20 through November 22 at the Kennesaw State University Dance Theater and  December 4 through December 6 on the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families at the Woodruff Arts Center.

November 20-22

SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Theater presents the return of its 17-year tradition of the quirky performance series Once Upon a Holiday, where Alice in Wonderland meets The Nutcracker, at the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art November 21 through November 23.

November 27-29

Experience the Northeast Atlanta Ballet’s classic rendition of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale, The Nutcracker, from November 27 through November 29 at Gas South Theater in Duluth. 

Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre’s enchanting rendition of the beloved story ballet, The Nutcracker, offers six performances over Thanksgiving weekend, from November 27 through November 29, at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta.

November 27-December 6

Roswell Dance Theatre’s classic interpretation of The Nutcracker is back at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, November 27 through December 6.

December 5-6

Georgia Dance Theatre brings Fayette and Coweta counties’ only professional production of The Nutcracker to Sandy Creek High School on December 5 and December 6.

December 5-20

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre offers 13 performances of The Nutcracker from December 5 through December 20 at Gas South Theater in Duluth.

December 5-26

Atlanta Ballet’s larger-than-life rendition of The Nutcracker is back at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, December 5 through December 26.

December 12-13

Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre’s Marley Was Dead, To Begin With: A Christmas Carol, Told Again is a bold and inventive reimagining of Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic. See it December 12 and December 13 on the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families at the Woodruff Arts Center.

December 17-22

The Georgia Ballet’s take on The Nutcracker is back at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta from December 17 through December 22.

December 18-20

This year, Southern Ballet Theatre’s annual production of The Nutcracker moves to the Lawrenceville Arts Center, and the iconic score comes to life with live music performed by the Lawrenceville Symphony Orchestra. See it from December 18 through December 20.

Ballethnic Dance Company’s beloved Urban Nutcracker will take the stage at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center in Decatur from December 18 through December 20.

December 23-24

In NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, world-class dancers perform with towering puppets, breathtaking acrobatics and dazzling costumes on December 23 and December 24 at the Fox Theatre. 

December 26

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, directed and choreographed by Tony Award- and Olivier Award-nominated Jennifer Weber, is a remixed and reimagined version of the classic, smashing hip hop dance and Tchaikovsky’s timeless music together into an inspirational holiday event. See it on December 26.