The longtime Chicago dancer and labor lawyer turns Nutcracker revenues into new initiatives. For most, the holidays mean food, family, festivities, and fits of reckless acquisition. But for ballet dancers, Thanksgiving is the last supper before the marathon of merrymaking that is The Nutcracker, which first flopped in 1892 Russia only to become a seasonal sensation in 1950s America.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00PM on December 17, 2019