Sara Jo Strickland, director of Hampton Ballet Theatre School's "The Nutcracker," shows off the "Snow Queen" costume. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost At Hampton Ballet Theater School, costume ...

During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter Clara with a Nutcracker doll ... can be more Christmas-y or festive. With the costumes we’ve purchased and adapted for our ...

Karinska worked alongside Balanchine for much of both of their careers, including designing the costumes for other famous ballets, like Jewels. The Nutcracker, first introduced in Russia in 1892 ...

"The Nutcracker himself has three costumes just for that one role because ... and so the fact that we can give it to kids that may or may not ever be able to see ballet is an amazing thing ...