A black and white photo of Tanaquil Le Clercq and Andre Eglevsky as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier. Le Clercq is on pointe with her arms outstretched, while Eglevsky supports her arms with his hands.

Act II: Tanaquil Le Clercq and Andre Eglevsky as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier

A black and white photo of Diana Adams on pointe as Dewdrop, while flanked by kneeling Janice Groman and Joyce Feldman as Candy Flowers.

Act II: Janice Groman and Joyce Feldman as Candy Flowers flanking Diana Adams as Dewdrop

A black and white photo of 5 dancers dressed as snowflakes at various heights forming a circle with their arms. A snow covered tree is in the background.

Act II: Snowflakes. Photo by Frederick Melton, 1954.

Act II: Snowflakes

Photo by Frederick Melton, 1954

Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in.

This photograph of the snowflakes amply demonstrates the significant changes that the ballet underwent between the original production in 1954 and the modified version in 1964, as Karinska’s costumes look different from the current iteration, Horace Armistead’s familiar Germanic woodland is now replaced by Rouben Ter-Arutunian’s towering Slavic forest, and Balanchine’s choreography has clearly been altered, too.

Holding Division: Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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