In addition to striking poses with a full cast of characters and watching the Sugar Plum Fairy pirouette, children enjoyed face painting, games and story time courtesy of “Nana Jana” (dance ...

Here's some of what makes the Sugar Plum Fairy so iconic, through the eyes of two dancers who have come to know her intimately over the years.

Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, featuring the celesta’s magical sound, became iconic through The Nutcracker. Initially criticized, its popularity soared via Disney’s Fantasia ...

Unity Phelan dishes on playing the Sugar Plum Fairy in "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker," and shares how the famous New York City Ballet production hasn't changed in over 70 years! Unity also ...

Just as Lauren once gazed up, starry-eyed, at a glimmering Sugar Plum Fairy, she now serves as inspiration to other children who dream of a life in dance.

Warwick High School senior Kaitlyn Staskel performs for children Sunday during the Berks Ballet Theatre’s Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. The annual event ...

The Washington Post ran a rave review when Atlanta Ballet premiered Yuri Possokhov’s thrilling “Nutcracker” at the Kennedy Center Opera House in December 2019. Dance critic Sarah L. Kaufman ...

Need a rundown on the Sugar Plum Fairy —or most things “Nutcracker?” Lauren’s history with the ballet makes her an encyclopedia of such knowledge.

The Sugar Plum Fairy Tea is an annual fundraiser to support the Crooked Tree Art Center's School of Ballet scholarship fund.