sentence: Parents work on costumes and sets.
sentences_before: Today, 'The Nutcracker' has been staged and seen by many people all over the world. In North America, it is a yearly event in many places. Parents and children take part in staging the ballet and dancing in it. Trained ballerinas dance side by side with children who are only learning to dance.
sentences_after: Local celebrities take small walk-on parts.
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headings: The Nutcracker Modern times
categories: Compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballets by Marius Petipa Ballets by Lev Ivanov Ballets first performed by the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet