Seeing New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® is a magical experience for audiences, but it is especially magical for the SAB students performing all the children's roles in the ballet. Most New Yorkers know that every child on stage — from the littlest 'Angel' to the tallest 'Candy Cane'— is a current student at the School of American Ballet. But did you know that several of the Company members today were once SAB students dancing those same delightful children

The sound of heaven… ❤️ The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, gives a rousing performance of Aram Khachaturian’s ‘Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia’, from his 1956 ballet ‘Spartacus’. The piece appears during the ballet’s second act, when the slave women are set free, and Spartacus and his lover Phrygia celebrate. Watch Classic FM Live at 25 on Monday 29 December at 9pm on Sky Arts. Sky Arts is available to everyone on Freeview channel 36. Tickets are now available to t