I have been involved (in one way or another) in Boulder Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” for the last 12 years. It all started with my son Jacob who, at 9 years old, decided to audition for a role in the ballet. The annual production is always Thanksgiving Day weekend – and the months and weeks leading up to it are always very exciting. Every year there are changes to the choreography and the costumes to keep it fresh. Here’s my daughter Zoe trying on a new costume for this year’s production.

Here’s Zoe with Catherine Hamilton – the costume mistress. Catherine has designed some new costumes for “Mother Ginger” and this is the first time she is trying it on a “real person”.

Also, Catherine is making some adjustments to the Angel costumes (dancer – Katherine Cordrescu).