Come see Harvard Ballet Company’s A Winter Dream: Excerpts from the Nutcracker and Beyond: an evening-length ballet that transforms the stage into a world of memory, imagination, and winter magic. For the first time since 2005, Harvard Ballet Company will be performing The Nutcracker through newly choreographed “sweets” and excerpts from Act II, accompanied by live music from the Harvard Ballet Company Orchestra. The second act of the performance will feature entirely original student choreography, bringing together tradition and experimentation in one shared dreamscape. Get ready for a magical night!
You’ll see:
New choreography by Craig Salstein, Jimmy Orrante, and Austin Dabney
Live music by Harvard Ballet Company Orchestra conducted by Music Director Aquila Wolff
Loeb Drama Center:
November 12 - 14, 2026
Thursday 11/12 – 7:30 PM (FREE with Harvard or student ID!)
Friday 11/13 – 7:30 PM
Saturday 11/14 – 2 PM
ABOUT US
Harvard Ballet Company is a student-run organization at Harvard College that performs classical ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. Our biannual shows feature choreography by alumnae, company members, professional guest artists, and world-renowned choreographers. HBC offers weekly ballet classes to all members, taught by local professionals as well as company members, appears in benefit performances both on and off-campus, and performs with other Harvard dance groups and in the Dance Festival at Arts First.
Harvard Ballet Company has quietly grown into one of America’s premier student dance groups. Since its creation in 1993, the company has continued to gain talented dancers, rising choreographers, and fresh ambition. Harvard Ballet Company looks to further students’ dance education through a supportive atmosphere, classes, and performances, while simultaneously encouraging their academic passions.
