"The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Snowflakes, NYC Ballet"

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Before Arthur Elgort was a world-renowned photographer behind some of the most prominent fashion photographs to date, he spent his youth photographing ballet. His ability to capture movement despite no formal dance training was indisputable and kindled a career-spanning passion for photographing ballet.
(www.arthurelgort.com)

In 1978, Jack Anderson wrote in the New York Times in his review of the play: "The corps de ballet was at its best in the Waltz of the Snowflakes, an intricate, swirling ensemble for which Mr. Baryshnikov, instead of devising his own choreography, borrowed the choreography created by Vasily Vainonen for the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad." (Link)