City Ballet’s New Principal Lauren Lovette to Make Rank Debut in ‘The Nutcracker’
New York City Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette in the Sugarplum Fairy costume.
New York City Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette in the Sugarplum Fairy costume.
Lovette in arabesque at New York City Ballet’s studios.
Lovette in the Sugarplum Fairy costume among bolts of fabric in the company’s costume shop.
Lovette laces her pointe shoes in the NYCB studio hallway.
Lovette in the costume shop’s fitting room.
Lovette en pointe in the halls of City Ballet.
Lovette and her dog Penny.
The perky mint green Sugarplum Fairy costume.
The Sugarplum Fairy’s pas de deux green costume takes approximately 60 hours to construct.
Sugarplum Fairy costumes hang from the ceiling at NYCB’s costume shop.
A costume shop employee sews the bodice of a new Sugarplum Fairy costume.
The bodice for “Coffee” in the costume shop.
Costumes for Marie and the Sugarplum Fairy on a finished rack.
Costumes for Frau Stahlbaum and Marie for the Act One party scene hang on a rack.
A costume shop employee finishes a ruffle.
Costume shop director Marc Happel.
“Nutcracker” tickets account for 45 percent of NYCB’s overall sales.