Cracking open the Joffrey Ballet’s new ‘Nutcracker’

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The logo for the Joffrey Ballet’s newly imagined production of “The Nutcracker,” opening Dec. 10 at the Auditorium Theatre. (Graphic courtesy of the Joffrey Ballet)

Earlier this month, as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, I chatted with Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, and Ashley Wheater, artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, about the creation of the company’s newly imagined take on “The Nutcracker” which opens Dec. 10 at the Auditorium Theatre.


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