The nutcracker, Yacobson Ballet, 2015

Photograph of The Nutcracker, performed by the Yacobson Ballet in January 2015 on the stage at the Opéra de Massy. Choreography by Vasily Vainonen to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and libretto by Marius Petipa and Vasily Vainonen. Costumes and set by Vladimir Firer and Aleksandr Khramtsov. In this scene, it's Christmas Eve. The mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer is giving out gifts to the children and is about to give the titular nutcracker to Clara.