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The Nutcracker season has officially ended.
Sad for me, because it means I no longer get to play on stage until my injury is fully healed. Hopfully it won’t be too much longer.
But it’s good for all the other dancers, who are anxiously awaiting putting Nutcracker behind them so that they can focus all their energies towards Peter Martins’ Sleeping Beauty which will begin its two-week run on Tuesday.
Here’s Faye, my buddy and dressing room neighbor. This photo was taken before the third to last Nutcracker performance, when delerium had set in, and our dressing room began doing Borat impressions… for a good 15 minutes.
Here’s one of my favorite moments of my Nutcracker performing experience this year… passing the little mice awaiting their time on stage, on my way to the elevator.
One time, all the little mice kids where hanging around the elevator, and as the Mouse King steps out of the elevator, one of the them (in a very deep voice for a little girl), says “Hey Duuuuuude.”
My parents dress, looking a bit sad, ready for it’s last outing of the year.
Nora says, “Just look at all these pit pads!”
As the Nuts is happening, our friends in the green room work diligently on preparing the costumes for Sleeping Beauty.
All of the costumes get “pit pads” to soak up the unsitely sweat marks that inevitably appear over the course of a performance. Not super glamourous, but they serve an important purpose.
On the prettier side of things…here’s the Lilac Fairy tutu getting a few repairs.
And finally, the Green Room First Aid Kit/Tool Box.
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