A pencil sketch of Mary and her prince flying off in a sleigh pulled by two reindeer. It is notated "The Nutcracker finale, New York City Ballet 1964."
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Act II: Sketch of sleigh by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, 1964.

Act II: Sketch of sleigh

Rouben Ter-Arutunian, 1964
Pencil on tracing paper, 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.

The final moment of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® has Mary and her Prince flying off in a reindeer-pulled sleigh, cementing the ballet in the minds of audiences with Christmas iconography.

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