This tree was based on the Ballet, Nutcracker Suite.

"Keith Michael's The Nutcracker"

For New York Theatre Ballet

Brookfield Place

Manhattan, NY

November 23, 2025

Nutcrackers on parade formation.... CHRISTmas is slowly creeping into our house :)

The Nutcracker, performed by students from the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey. November 2011.

Our Evening out to see the Nutcraker on December 15, 2009 at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Nutcracker 2016 costume rehearsal, MAPA Studios.

New York Theatre Ballet - Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland Vermont

Grandma and Grandpa MacDonald drove up from California to see Lauren in the Nutcracker ballet. Lauren had no idea they were coming to see her.

Students at the Mt. Pleasant School of Dance prepare for next month's performances of The Nutcracker

VDT Performs the Nutcracker

MAPA's Nutcracker Sweets 2016. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater. Photography by Peter Liu.

MAPA's Nutcracker Sweets 2016. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater. Photography by Peter Liu.

Flowerwalz in the 2nd act of the Nutcracker ballet performed by The Dutch National Ballet

The Nutcracker

Photo from Nutcracker performed by the ESMDM (Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey), based in Monterrey, Mexico

New York Theatre Ballet - Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland Vermont

VDT Performs the Nutcracker

VDT Performs the Nutcracker

Herr Drosselmeyer, played by Benjamin Linn delivers gifts to the kids. Fritz (left in black) , played by Grey Sanders opens his wind up toy in the Alabama Ballet production of the Nutcracker

Nutcracker 2016 costume rehearsal, MAPA Studios.

New York Theatre Ballet - Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland Vermont

Nutcracker 2016 costume rehearsal, MAPA Studios.

MAPA's Nutcracker Sweets 2016. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater. Photography by Peter Liu.

Someone at the brunch, for reasons unknown, gave Rich and Diane this lovely Clinton nutcracker and corkscrew pair.

Nutcracker 2006 performed by City Youth Ballet of Johnson City,TN

New York Theatre Ballet - Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland Vermont

My Mother's Collection

Grandma and Grandpa MacDonald drove up from California to see Lauren in the Nutcracker ballet. Lauren had no idea they were coming to see her.

Nutcracker 2016 costume rehearsal, MAPA Studios.

Town Square, Magic Kingdom

Clark's Nutcracker at Whistler BC Canada

MAPA's Nutcracker Sweets 2016. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater. Photography by Peter Liu.

20201217 Manassas Ballet Theatre Nutcracker

"Keith Michael's The Nutcracker"

For New York Theatre Ballet

Brookfield Place

Manhattan, NY

November 23, 2025

Nutcracker

Grandma and Grandpa MacDonald drove up from California to see Lauren in the Nutcracker ballet. Lauren had no idea they were coming to see her.

The Nutcracker presented by the Albany Berkshire Ballet and Rutland Area Dance Students

New York Theatre Ballet - Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland Vermont

The Nutcracker

MAPA's Nutcracker Sweets 2016. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater. Photography by Peter Liu.