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 14-16

North Atlanta Dance Theatre’s 23rd season of The Nutcracker features a cast of 125, including international guest artists, on November 14 through November 16 at Gas South Theater in Duluth.

November 22-23

The Grinch meets The Nutcracker in Southern Ballet Theatre’s A Very Grinchy Christmas at the Gas South Theater on November 22 and November 23.

November 21-23

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 28-December 7

Roswell Dance Theatre’s classic interpretation of The Nutcracker is back at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, November 28 through December 7.

November 28-30

Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre’s enchanting rendition of the beloved story ballet, The Nutcracker, offers six performances over Thanksgiving weekend, from November 28 through November 30, at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta.

December 6-27

Atlanta Ballet’s larger-than-life rendition of The Nutcracker is back at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, December 6 through December 27.

December 6-7

Georgia Dance Theatre brings Fayette and Coweta counties’ only professional production of The Nutcracker to Sandy Creek High School on December 6 and December 7.

December 12-21

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre offers 10 performances of The Nutcracker from December 12 through December 21 at Gas South Theater in Duluth.

December 12-14

Join the 27th year of the traditional holiday classic The Nutcracker, presented by Maniya Barredo’s Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, December 12 through December 14 at Innovation Academy Theater in Alpharetta.

December 13-21

The Nutcracker Suite is presented by the Terminus Student Company December 13 through December 21 at Art Farm at Serenbe’s Lakeside Pavilion in Chattahoochee Hills.

December 18-23

The Georgia Ballet’s take on The Nutcracker is back at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta from December 18 through December 23.

December 20-21

Ballethnic Dance Company’s beloved Urban Nutcracker will take the stage at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center in Decatur December 20 and December 21.

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.