The performance will be followed by a supper ball.
After opening night, NYCB jumps right into five weeks of Nutcracker performances, from November 26 thought January 2, 2005. The company's winter repertory season runs January 4-February 27, and includes performances of Jewels: Balanchine's three-part ballet, with music by Faur_, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky: and the return of Susan Stroman's Double Feature, which debuted in January of this year.
Other winter highlights include Julio Bocca dancing in a new staging of Martins' Todo Buenos Aires and world-premiere works by Martins and Wheeldon.