Performer: American Repertory Ballet

La Sylphide, the oldest ballet still in active repertory around the world, gets a splendid makeover from Ethan Stiefel and American Repertory Ballet.

The Nutcracker is as familiar as holiday leftovers. Even in years when you decide to forgo seemingly obligatory performances of The Nutcracker, The Messiah, and other ‘seasonal’ works, you can’t escape hearing snippets of the music in shopping malls, elevators, or cell phone ring tones. Tchaikovksy's ballet adapts E.T.A.