Ballet - The nutcracker

• 57 people work backstage to coordinate the scenery, lighting, and costumes during each performance.
• 150 costumes appear onstage in each performance
• Between 600 and 700 lighting instruments are used in the stage lighting for the production
• The Sugarplum Fairy’s tutu is made of 7 layers of tulle.
• The giant Christmas tree grows to a full height of 41 feet and weighs 1 ton.
• The Dewdrop costume is adorned with 65 crystal “dewdrops.”
• Mother Ginger’s skirt is supported by a 40-pound metal frame.
• Approximately 50 pounds of paper confetti fall onto the stage to create the snowstorm.
• There are 144 jingle bells on each of the Candy Cane costumes
• At its premiere in Russia in 1892,The Nutcracker was considered a failure by the public and critics. Tschaikovsky died less than a year later, not knowing what a huge international success the ballet would later become