[13/50] “Miss Verdy, all sweet French delicacy, is a charmer of a Sugar Plum” — Clive Barnes, New York Times, 1968 Violette Verdy and...

[11/50] Jacques was in Hollywood shooting Seven Brides for Seven Brothers when Balanchine choreographed the Nutcracker in 1954. He...

[9/50] A review from the first season of Balanchine's The Nutcracker: “[Miss Adams] is not essentially a bravura dancer, and the Sugar...

[8/50] Did someone say Paw de Deux? I have absolutely ZERO facts for you about this photo. I don't know why it exists. Does anyone else...

[1/50] Here we go! It's officially Nutcracker season! Tune in every day (sometimes twice a day) to see the photos I have unearthed over...

Today marks the original closing date for NYCB’s Nutcracker season this year. It was too depressing to keep up my posts during all the...

Yesterday’s cancelled Nutcracker (due to Covid-19) would have been number 31. Allegra joined NYCB at 15, became a principal at 19...

Okay how cute is this: this is a dual post covering Nutcrackers 32 and 33. This post highlights brothers Joseph and Daniel Duell. (Duell...

Show number 28. Photos of Sugar Plum Darci Kistler and Cavalier Damian Woetzel in 1992. Photos by Martha Swope

Show #26: The Jacqueline Kennedy and children Caroline and John visit the Nutcracker. Allegra is Sugar Plum and Jacques is Cavalier....

Here’s a special post for Nutcracker #24 in honor of Roman Mejia's Cavalier debut tonight! 4 shots of Paul Mejia, Roman’s father...

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

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...