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NYCB Vol. 9 No. 23 & 24 - Nutcracker
(23/25) These are photos from rehearsals for the 1958 CBS TV taping of the Nutcracker. As you can see here, Mr. B played Drosselmeyer. In...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 13, 2023


NYCB Vol. 5 No. 39 - Nutcracker
[39/50] Robert Maiorano & Stephanie Saland (front) and Julie Hays (background) by Martha Swope, 1970

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 23, 2022


NYCB Vol. 5 No. 20 - Nutcracker
[20/50] Robert Maiorano, a former NYCB soloist was the first boy to play a soldier in Balanchine's Nutcracker in 1955 (before that it had...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 10, 2022


Nutcracker Vol. 1 No. 2 - Clara or Marie?
(2/50) I received a question about Marie/Clara. Everyone knows NYCB’s Nutcracker production uses the name Marie now, but the photo I...

Lauryn Johnson
Nov 27, 2021
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