Central Florida Ballet's Nutcracker Becomes a Book!

Photo By: Morgan Lee (RealFloridaPhoto.net)

Central Florida Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" premiered in 2001 and since has become of the the most popular in Central Florida. The Nutcracker ballet is based on the classic holiday story in which a Nutcracker doll comes to life as an enchanted prince and saves the pretty young maiden Maria, from distress and then traveling to his kingdom, the magical "Land of the Sweets". 

In the fall of 2009, Morgan Lee (a talented professional photographer) decided to reverse the process - to make the CFB's Nutcracker a picture story book. Using '70s and '80s era film cameras, Lee began to document on 135 film the rehearsal process at the Central Florida Ballet's Studios. The outcome? To create a story in photographs of bringing this professional production to the stage. Over 4,000 photographs and two years later, Lee is finally close to completing the book. 

Check out the gallery of photographs from the October rehearsals at realfloridaphoto.net.

From the adorable party girls to battling soldiers or the effervescent Sugar Plum Fairy, we can't wait to see the finished project! 

For tickets to the Central Florida Ballet's upcoming Nutcracker, visit http://www.CentralFloridaBallet.com or call 407.849.9948.