It’s the first 9-show week of this Nutcracker season and we are on show number 13. This one gets me every time: I love a full-circle moment like this. Judith Fugate was Marie in 1966, and was Sugar Plum Fairy in 1988. Have there been other dancers who have portrayed both roles at NYCB?
(left) Judith as Marie. Photo by Martha Swope, 1966.
(center) Judith as Marie, Shaun O’Brien as Drosslemeyer. Photo by Martha Swope, 1966.
(right) Judith as Marie, Jean-Pierre Frohlich as the Prince and Melissa Hayden as Sugarplum Fairy.
Photo by Martha Swope, 1966.
(left) Martha Swope, 1988. Judith as Sugarplum Fairy and Lindsay Fischer as Cavalier.
(right) Martha Swope, 1988. Judith as Sugarplum Fairy.
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