“The Nutcracker”, one of the world's most famous ballets, will be staged at the Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, in a new version in February.

Solo dancer of the Boston Ballet Company, State Honored Artist D.Altankhuyag, will perform in the new version of “The Nutcracker”, with support and under the initiative of the City Governor and the Ulaanbaatar Citizens' Representatives Khural.

The adaption of E.T.A. Hoffmann's story and Russian composer Tchaikovsky's score, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”, was first premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1892.

There will be an audition for children to perform in the ballet. The Mongolian Ballet Development Foundation will hold a press conference about the audition at  Hall A at the  Capital City Governor's Office, at 11:00 am, on Thursday.