Act I: Eliot Feld and Alberta Grant as the Nutcracker Prince and Mary
Act II: Polichinelles
Photo by Frederick Melton, 1954
Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of Balanchine’s version of The Nutcracker is the number of children incorporated into the ballet. While the original ballet was deemed a féerie and therefore appropriate for children to attend, Balanchine goes beyond the notion of youth audience and makes the children protagonists throughout the work.
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