See all of your favorite characters magically come to life onstage in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®, now through December 31. George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® is generously sponsored by the Travelers Companies, Inc. | New York City Ballet

Hopeless romantic, pure classicist, intellectual modernist — find out how George Balanchine's many different sides come across in his extraordinary body of work, and how he established the first truly American ballet company. | New York City Ballet

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20K views · 1.3K reactions | Described as "an adorable confection, concocted of marzipan, diamonds, youth, and nostalgia," Balanchine's Raymonda Variations hearkens back to the choreographer's youth in Russia, with its Glazunov score and classical technique. This past fall, Soloist Sara Adams performed the first pink-tutu-ed solo. #nycbwell #nycbdancebreak | New York City Ballet | Facebook