The 12 Days of Christmas: MCB Version

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

12 Floating Angels

11 Grown-Up Party Guests

10 hours of Production Load-In

9 Mischievous Mice

8 Miniature Italian Polichinelles

7 Fly Men (who make it snow!)

6 Prop People

5 Marzipan Shepherdesses

4 Call Lights

3 Giant Gifts

2 Colossal Bags of Snow

and

1 Magical Growing Christmas Tree

Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The NutcrackerTM.  Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust. Photos © Kyle Froman, Leigh-Ann Esty, Nicole Mitchell