The Nutcracker | The Washington Ballet
· The Nutcracker was originally based on the story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse, written by German author later, Alexander Dumas rewrote the story, making it happier and more fun for kids to read. In 1891 Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write the music for a new ballet based on the stories by the St. Petersburg Opera, but he was initially unhappy .