Cincinnati Ballet's Nutcracker in Cincinnati

Cincinnati Ballet

The Cincinnati Ballet is a professional ballet company founded in 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States and had its first performance in 1964. The current artistic director is Victoria Morgan.

The Nutcracker was premiered in 1974 at Music Hall. Frisch’s Restaurants from Cincinnati sponsored the performances and have continued to do so. Today Frisch’s presents: The Nutcracker is a Cincinnati tradition.

The Aronoff Center for the Arts became the permanent home for the repertoire series of performances and a number of ballets were acquired. “Americana” ballets such as Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo, and modern dance pieces by Paul Taylor challenged the dancers and intrigued audiences. In 1996, Balanchine’s full-length Jewels, was performed by the company. Other contemporary choreographers included Kirk Peterson, Kathryn Posin, Stanton Welch and Val Caniparoli, Trey McIntyre in addition to Nigel Burgoine and Victoria Morgan, who was appointed artistic director in 1997.