I know that none of these categories are actually part of the Oscars, but honestly trying to force any ballet into the Best Picture category proved to be quite difficult (shocker). So instead, here is ...

Every winter, dance companies across the U.S. present one very particular ballet for holiday audiences, "The Nutcracker." (SOUNDBITE OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S "THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71, ACT 1: NO. 2, MARCH") ...

Dmitry (Richard Kraus) escorts Anya (Jessica Schafer) to the ballet dressed as the missing Princess Anastasia in order to meet Russia’s former Dowager Empress in the PTPA’s production of “Anastasia: ...