Enjoy a special preview of everyone’s favorite holiday classic with a New Orleans twist. In this special pop-up performance at NOMA, students from New Orleans School of Ballet will perform excerpts of the original production The Nutcracker in New Orleans. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, the localized production includes a Flight of the Pelicans, a Mardi Gras Strut, pom-pom-shaking Who Dats donned in black and gold, and more!

Attending the pop-up performance at NOMA is included with the purchase of museum admissions. Wednesdays are FREE admission days for Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

Reserve Museum Tickets

The full production of The Nutcracker in New Orleans by the New Orleans School of Ballet will be presented on December 18 & 19 at the Marquette Theatre of Loyola University, and all performances are sold out.