Saint Louis Ballet: The Nutcracker

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

Some holiday traditions live on a screen. This one lives on a stage. On December 22, 2026, Saint Louis Ballet: The Nutcracker comes to the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis. The 2:00 PM curtain gives your week a real destination, one that has nothing to do with errands, inboxes or another scroll through streaming menus.

This is Saint Louis Ballet's own Nutcracker, presented under Gen Horiuchi's production identity. That matters. You are choosing a specific company's take on a holiday fairy-tale journey. Tchaikovsky's ballet music supports that journey, and dance carries the telling. No speeches. Just movement, music and the pleasure of watching a familiar holiday story become physical, immediate and alive in front of you.

Then there is the plan itself. A matinee just before Christmas invites you to gather your people and turn the season into a shared memory instead of another item on the to-do list. Theatre can quiet a room, and a fairy tale told through ballet is a graceful reason to look up from everyday noise together. Reserve your seats for Saint Louis Ballet's Nutcracker at Touhill and see ticket options for the December 22 matinee.