Judy adjusts her elf costume for Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Assistant Artistic Director Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, practices her performance onstage between Acts I and II, while a man quickly sweeps fake snow from the stage for Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountai
Joe LaChance, who plays the Snow King, stretches in the men's dressing room backstage before Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Ernest Hui holds his fake mustache in place while it dries backstage in the men's dressing room for Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Dancers watch Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, rehearse before Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Share is a professional dancer.
Dancers rehearse the Waltz of the Snowflakes before Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Brushes covered in makeup in the men's dressing room backstage of Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Performers offstage watch the Candy Canes dance during Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Polina Bortok applies her makeup backstage before Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Alison Share, the assistant artistic diretor who dances role of the Sugar Plum Fairy, snips worn out satin from the toe of her pointe shoe for Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec
Dancers perform the Waltz of the Snowflakes at the end of Act I of Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Suzanne Pallo applies lipstick to her daughter, Sophie, who plays a mouse in Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Little elves, ages 5 to 12, line up to go onstage during Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
Assistant Artistic Director Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, adjusts her pointe shoes backstage at Western Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2, 2018.
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