The instructors and choreographers approached each session as if the very future of American ballet rested on our performances. The highlight of our season was a performance of “The Nutcracker.” We rehearsed for months and months. “If you take an album like ‘Nutcracker Suite,’ every song is a killer, every one,” he told MTV News in 2007. Somehow Michael heard about the looming ‘Nutcracker’ performance and expressed an interest in attending. Which invites the question: Will she also give her two little boys the opportunity to try tights and dance?

Source: New York Times February 19, 2017 22:41 UTC