Cy Doherty is a ballet dancer who performs as the Mouse King in the American Ballet Theatre's "The Nutcracker ... This would be perfect in the rat costume.' I sent it over to my colleagues ...

You may think going to see The Nutcracker is a wholesome way ... videos of themselves decked out in Mouse King — affectionately dubbed “Rat King” — costumes while dancing to pop songs.

"Traditionally, in 'The Nutcracker' ballet ... While the bickering butler and maid are transformed into the Rat King and Queen, who invade the Stahlbaum home in a pirate ship made from a gravy ...

“In the Lair of the Rat Kings,” is likely to summon thoughts of two famous pieces of classic music — Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (in which the “Rat King ...

More than 70 dancers, from 3-year-old children to adults, including one entire family, will be bringing “The Nutcracker” to life at the Academy of Russian Ballet this year. The Academy of Russian ...

The adaptation by producer Carlos Acosta, one of Cuba’s most famous ballet dancers-turned-directors, follows the traditional storyline of the nutcracker - rat king, sugar plum fairy and all.