DANCE: Visions of Sugar Plums — Ballet Arkansas’ ‘Nutcracker’ retains shape, gets upgrades

As always, Ballet Arkansas' annual performance of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" will not endanger any actual nuts.

A Sugar Plum for a newly arrived ballerina in MCB’s ‘The Nutcracker’

A principal dancer makes her Sugar Plum Fairy debut in Miami City Ballet's Balanchine Nutcracker, performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center Dec. 12–28 with full festive staging.