The Nutcracker

Miami City Ballet Principal Soloist Kleber Rebello performing in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. (Miami City Ballet, courtesy / November 28, 2012)

By Rod Stafford Hagwood, SouthFlorida.com Staff Writer

5:54 p.m. EST, November 28, 2012

“The Nutcracker Ball”

By South Florida Ballet Theater

6 p.m. Dec. 9 at Westin Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale

Tickets $100 for adults, $50 for children at 954-929-4601

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“The Nutcracker”

By Moscow Classical Ballet

8 p.m. Dec. 13-15 and 2 p.m. matinee Dec. 15 at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach

Tickets $25-$68 at Kravis.org

“The Nutcracker”

By What If Works, Inc.

Local theater company What If Works re-imagines the E.T.A. Hoffman story with a string quartet, three actors, four dancers and a chorus of middle schoolers from Dade County at various locales in Miami (each performance is a fundraiser for a local charity).

“The Nutcracker” featuring the WiW String Quartet

7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Miami Dade College, Homestead, 305-237-5223, Free

7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 305-646-7134, $10 general admission; Free for children under the age of 12

7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Roxy Performing Arts Center, Miami, 305-226-0030, PRICES NOT KNOWN

7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Pinecrest Gardens, 305-669-6990, $10 general admission, $5 for children under the age of 10