The Nutcracker's Sugar Plum Fairy
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The most beautiful Christmas ballets
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2. The Nutcracker's Sugar Plum Fairy
At midnight the toys come to life and the nutcracker prince whisks Clara to the land of the sweets – where she meets the Sugar Plum Fairy, here danced by Roberta Marquez (with Steven McRae) of The Royal Ballet. Photo: Bill Cooper courtesy of ROH