Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Here are two of my very favorite parts of the Nutracker, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy performed by the Marinksy Ballet (now the Kirov Ballet) in 1993


And the Sugar Plum Pas De Deux


For those new to Ballet, a Pas De Deux is is a duet in which ballet dancers perform the dance together; while a Variation is a solo dance, sometimes called a Pas Seul