The Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ has long been about inclusion, especially in that party scene
As a dancer with the Joffrey Ballet from 1991 to 2010, Suzanne Lopez performed Robert Joffrey’s “Nutcracker” every year for two decades. Joffrey completed his version of the holiday favorite in 1987 — just a few months before he died of AIDS — and his time-tested “Nutcracker” became a treasured...