Dance review: Ballet San Jose's 'Nutcracker'

On the way to Ballet San Jose's performance at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday night, a young man bantered with his female companion about being dragged to the "Nutcracker" yet another time.

'Oh, you know you wanted to come,' the young woman said playfully. 'You said so.'

'Well, there are two reasons I wanted to come,' her companion admitted. 'The music - I love Tchaikovsky. Plus, I figure there have to be some cute girls in it somewhere.'

True, though after two hours of flash and dash, of tiny yet painfully adorable mice, gutsy leaps and high-flying partnering, even the most restless of boyfriends might have conceded that this 'Nutcracker' offers a lot more than that."

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