Saint Louis Ballet: The Nutcracker

Saint Louis Ballet: The Nutcracker at Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall At Touhill Performing Arts Center

Some holiday plans stay in the calendar. This one belongs on the stage. On December 19, 2026, Saint Louis Ballet: The Nutcracker comes to the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis, with a 2:00 PM start. It is a December afternoon built around dance, and it asks you to give the season more than a scroll through your phone.

The draw here is the production itself. Saint Louis Ballet presents its own Nutcracker at Touhill under Gen Horiuchi's production identity. That makes this a St. Louis-based company's take on a holiday story, not a stray name on a calendar. You get a fairy-tale journey told through movement, set to Tchaikovsky's ballet music. Dance can say what words can't. A gesture, a leap, a held pose, and the story moves forward. For anyone who loves seeing a classic brought to life in front of them, that is the whole point of going.

Then there is the plan itself. An afternoon performance gives you something to look forward to and something to talk about afterward. Invite the friend who always says you should do more together. Bring a relative who loves the season. Sit in the same room, watch the same story unfold, and leave with a shared memory instead of another forgotten errand. If The Nutcracker belongs in your December, secure your seats for the Touhill performance now through this ticket link.