Seven years ago I had never heard of New York City Ballet. 7 years ago I had the chance to see a working rehearsal of Robbins’ The...

Show 29. The only Nutcracker picture I can find of Rosemary Dunleavy, shown here as lead Marzipan. A company member for 10 years,...

Show 30. Victor Castelli as Candy Cane in 1974. Victor was a soloist who danced with the company for 19 years and afterward became a...

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

Show number 27. Susie Pilarre (left) and Delia Peters (right) as Polichinelles in 1958. 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...

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 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....

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

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...

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

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. 😍

(4/12) Allegra in Midsummer : (left) Allegra and Peter Martins in Act II Divertissement, 1973. (center) Allegra in Act II Divertissement,...