NYCB Vol. 5 No. 24 - Nutcracker

[24/50] On Marie’s dream [Act II] Balanchine said, “Actually, it’s not a dream—It’s the reality that Mother didn’t believe. The story written by Hoffman was against society. He said that society, the grown-ups, had no real imagination and that they try to suppress the imagination of children.”

Timothy Lynch and Jordana Allen. Photo by Costas.