Featuring pioneering prima ballerina Marie Tallchief (Osage ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ธ๐๐ค๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐) in the principal role, following after her revolutionary performance in Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird as choreographed by George Balanchine, the premier of The Nutcracker under the same creative team behind the staging by the company of the New York City Ballet on this day in 1954. Enchanting thanks to Tallchief’s magical moves, it has been an annual tradition ever since.
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