Alastair Macaulay: Let’s Stop Scapegoating The Nutcracker

“It’s sadly true that there are ballet companies whose only annual performances are of ‘The Nutcracker,’ and that almost every American ballet company relies on its ‘Nutcracker’ performances as its most reliable draw. … But let’s not blame the ‘Nutcracker’ [for the field’s troubles] just because it is the cash cow of American ballet.”