Kansas City Ballet’s The Nutcracker opens tomorrow, Dec. 3 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. It’s time to make this your favorite holiday tradition. Shows run through Christmas Eve.

KCB Dancers in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
KC Ballet Dancers in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.

KCB Dancers: Angelina Sansone and Thom Panto dancing the roles of Snow King and Queen in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.

KC Ballet Dancers: Angelina Sansone and Thom Panto dancing the roles of Snow King and Queen in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.

KCB Dancers: Amaya Rodriguez and Liang Fu dancing the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
KC Ballet Dancers: Amaya Rodriguez and Liang Fu dancing the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier in The Nutcracker (2016). Photography: Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.