Today’s matinee marks Nutcracker number 23. Patricia Neary as Dewdrop at 23/24 years old. (left) Martha Swope, 1964 (right) Martha Swope,...

We’re back with Nutcracker week 4 and show number 22. Today I’m highlighting some beautiful corps moments from the 1985 production. I...

Nutcracker number 21 this evening and we’ve got photos of Robert Barnett who originated the Candy Cane role in Balanchine’s 1954...

Nutcracker number 20 of the season, featuring Heather Watts as Dewdrop and the Sugar Plum Fairy. (left) Martha Swope, 1983. Dewdrop....

Nutcracker 18 for today’s matinee and we have some shots of Suki Schorer as Sugar Plum Fairy. (left) Photo by Martha Swope, 1969. (right)...

Tonight’s show was number 19. Mikhail Baryshnikov spent just 15 months as a principal with NYCB and participated in the 1978 Nutcracker....

Nutcracker number 17 of the season is on tonight. Here are some shots of original NYCB company member Francisco Moncion who originated...

Show number 16. Photos of Melissa Hayden as the Sugar Plum Fairy. (top left) Photo by Frederick Melton, 1954. (top right) Photo by...

Show number 15 and I keep finding more and more gems to share! I’m drooling over these 1964 set sketches by Rouben Ter-Arutunian.

For show number 14, let’s look at some gorgeous shots of Gelsey Kirkland and Helgi Tomasson in 1974. All photos by Martha Swope.

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...

For Nutcracker No. 12, let’s see some Jacques d’Amboise. (left) Photo by Martha Swope, 1973. Jacques and Patricia McBride. (center) Photo...

Janet Reed as Marzipan in the Nutcracker Frederick Melton, 1954. NYPL

(10/50) I canNOT get enough of these pics of John Prinz airborne as the Cavelier in The Nutcracker! Photos by Martha Swope, 1968. NYPL

(9/50) Precious angels wait for their cue in The Nutcracker Photos by Martha Swope, 1985

(8/50) Maria Calegari in The Nutcracker Photos by Martha Swope, 1985, 1985, 1982. NYPL

In 1964, when NYCB moved to the New York State Theater, Balanchine re-choreographed the Arabian/Coffee Divertissement for Gloria Govrin...

(6/50) Wow wow wow it was so hard to choose just a couple photos to share of Kay Mazzo in Balanchine's Nutcracker over the years. 😍

(5/50) Rehearsals for the snow scene in the 1954 original production of the Nutcracker. Mr. B was 50 here. You can see Mr. B...

(3/50) I love these two pictures. The exuberance in the first one! Oh how I wish I could have seen Eddie perform live! I met him briefly...