Septime Webre's the Nutcracker Tickets

The Washington Ballet isn't your neighborhood ballet school; it's for the Nation's Capital. But despite this, the performance gave me that intimate quality that you can only, generally, find at neighborhood performances. Rather than the stuffy, serious ballet performances of touring ballet companies you can see elsewhere, this performance made me feel comfortable and welcomed. The staff at the theatre were fantastic, friendly, and very helpful. The audience was involved and happy to laugh and applaud when necessary (sometimes you don't get this type of a reaction at other theatre's perfomances) but I believe it's because this ballet company is local and the people seeing it are local. They take pride in TWB and you can see that by how they behave as an audience. The ballet itself was quite small, the stage was small as well, but they worked wonderfully with the small space and I was smiling through the entire thing. The costumes and settings were beautiful and the American history mingled into the Nutcracker was great to see (Red coats for the rat king's army... blue for the nutcrackers, very Revolutionary War!). And all dancers had their chance to shine -- right down tot he tiny kids who stared as flowers, bumblebees, clowns or angels. I enjoyed the ballet from start to finish; it left me in the holiday season while before stepping into the theatre I had none.

I saw the Washington Ballet perform the Nutcracker at the Warner Theater a few years ago and the 2012 version doesn't compare in quality. No live orchestra was a major disappointment for me. The second act was not the traditional version—I missed some of the more famous dances. Of course it wasn't all bad, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier were wonderful.

The Nutcracker was performed masterfully by the Washington Ballet. They did so well you ignored the canned music.

I thought the show was very good. The main dancers were excellent.

First ballet experience for my mom, 4 year old daughter and me. Despite our inexperience, we all enjoyed the show - the story, the music, the bits of humor, the children and the beautiful dancing. We will be back next year!

Wonderful mix of novices and professionals. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance. It was lively, upbeat, and most of all entertaining. The Theater needs to do better coordination with the parking company (PMI) though. They offered pre-paid parking, then still made us pay the $10 fee when we showed up, because the parking attendant would not honor the voucher that we were told to print via the website. Fortunately, we were reimbursed after the fact. All in all, that fiasco did not detract from the show itself, but it did dampen the entire experience a bit.

This is a particularly pretty production of the Nutcracker. I have taken my kids for three years now and the best parts are (in no particular order) the gorgeous sets and costumes, overall production. the quality of dance (there are tons of kids in the production and they are definitely not all professional level but excellent. The strongest dancers from the professional company and from the school can really "wow". the cleverness of the American/DC centric adaptation the humor and charm of this choreography. The things I don't love are the price of tickets (I've looked but never found any seriously discounted on WB tickets) the pre-recorded music. (This was a big disappointment when I first heard it, but I just got used to it. Live music last year was the fantastic. Hoping they bring it back.) My New Yorker pal declares this production surpasses all the big productions there. Another audience member told me it consistently is rated "top 10" in the nation. In a world that assaults us with sensory over-stimulation, I have found this a truly magical theater experience. I'm happy it's now our family tradition. We all enjoy it (boys too) and I expect my kids will cherish the memories many years from now.

The Washington Ballet Nutcracker was a delight. A combination of professional, student and community performers truly left me enthralled and entertained. The stars were mesmerizing and the children were adorable. I believe my 5 year old granddaughter would have loved it and would have signed up to be a ballerina right then and there. I will go back in the future.

I loved Septime's version of The Nutcracker. I have to say, I was really surprised that I did, because I have seen many versions. The way he integrated historic America into the story was brilliantly done! The choreography echoed many of the familiar traditional, Russian greats, but was sprinkled wisely and craftily with Septime's own style. The costumes and sets are very well designed, and the children in the show are unbelievably well trained and rehearsed. The theatre is lovely, and I would highly recommend this show!!