• City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
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    New York City Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette in the Sugarplum Fairy costume.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Lovette in arabesque at New York City Ballet’s studios.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Lovette in the Sugarplum Fairy costume among bolts of fabric in the company’s costume shop.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Lovette laces her pointe shoes in the NYCB studio hallway.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"

    Lovette in the costume shop’s fitting room.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Lovette en pointe in the halls of City Ballet.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    lauren lovette stars in "The Nutcracker"
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Lovette and her dog Penny.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Nutcracker: mint green Sugarplum Fairy costume.
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    The perky mint green Sugarplum Fairy costume.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Nutcracker: The Sugarplum Fairy’s pas de deux green costume
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    The Sugarplum Fairy’s pas de deux green costume takes approximately 60 hours to construct.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Nutcracker: Sugarplum Fairy costumes hang from the ceiling at NYCB’s costume shop.
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Sugarplum Fairy costumes hang from the ceiling at NYCB’s costume shop.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Nutcracker: The bodice for “Coffee" in the costume shop.
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    A costume shop employee sews the bodice of a new Sugarplum Fairy costume.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Nutcracker: The bodice for “Coffee" in the costume shop
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    The bodice for “Coffee” in the costume shop.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Costumes for Marie and the Sugarplum Fairy on a finished rack.
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Costumes for Marie and the Sugarplum Fairy on a finished rack.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Costumes for Frau Stahlbaum and Marie for the Act One party scene in the Nutcracker.
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    Costumes for Frau Stahlbaum and Marie for the Act One party scene hang on a rack.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    A costume shop employee finishes a ruffle at New York City Ballet
    Image Credit: Sarah Kjelleren

    A costume shop employee finishes a ruffle.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    Marc Happel
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    Costume shop director Marc Happel.

  • City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’

    New York City Ballet
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    “Nutcracker” tickets account for 45 percent of NYCB’s overall sales.

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