This feels very much at odds with the earnest, heart-wrenching swell of Tchaikovsky’s music for the Act I pas de deux. As the Nutcracker Prince Francesco Gabriele Frola had polish, impeccable manners ...

Speaking of music, I’m not sure that Philadelphia Ballet’s Nutcracker attendees fully ... with the justly famous pas de deux of Sugarplum (Iseda) and Her Cavalier (Zecheng Liang).

Weeks ahead of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” the Sugar ... When she takes center stage in her iconic pas de deux, says Lauren, “The music is quite luxurious, and that’s where ...

the pas de deux. Though the dance is often performed by the Sugar Plum Fairy and Prince Coqueluche, this production opted to pair Clara’s Prince — a version of the Nutcracker himself — with ...