gelsey kirkland, former principal dancer of the new york city ballet, as the sugarplum fairy in george balanchine’s “the nutcracker”
choreo. by george balanchine, video c. 1972(?)
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gelsey kirkland, former principal dancer of the new york city ballet, as the sugarplum fairy in george balanchine’s “the nutcracker”
choreo. by george balanchine, video c. 1972(?)
Martha Swope, George Balanchine rehearses Slaughter on Tenth Avenue with Suzanne Farrell, 1968
Before 1954, The Nutcracker was unknown as a Christmastime event. But when George Balanchine's production of the ballet for the New York City Ballet opened in that year, it inspired copycat productions from schools to professional companies. This is Maria Tallchief and André Eglevsky in the Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux.
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine via Getty Images/Business Insider
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Francisco Moncion as Coffee, Tanaquil Le Clercq as Dew Drop, and Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy, City Center, 1954. Balanchine's original Coffee variation was for a man.
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt