BACKSTAGE - San Francisco Ballet

BACKSTAGE

Lew Christensen's 1967 Nutcracker

Elegance, opulence, and a winter wonderland >>

Lew Christensen's 1954 Nutcracker

Featuring designs by children's book illustrator Leonard Weisgard >>

The 1986 Christensen/Tomasson Nutcracker

"Lew wanted changes. Now it's up to you to make them work." >>

Nutcracker's Ribbon Dance

A San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker staple >>

A Wartime Nutcracker

Lew, Lincoln, Vaudeille, and what it took to get Nutcracker onstage in 1944 >>

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