Dancing in The Nutcracker Dec 16, 2021

Dancing in The Nutcracker

If it"s December, then countless dance companies are likely performing "The Nutcracker." The ballet has become an iconic holiday entertainment staple, produced around the world. This photo captures a scene from the 2016 production by the English National Ballet at the London Coliseum. The company has been performing "The Nutcracker" during the Christmas season since 1950.

© Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Dec 16, 2018Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
Dec 16, 2019Cape Town at dusk
Dec 16, 2020Beethoven s 250th
Dec 16, 2022Atlanta Botanical Garden
Dec 16, 2023Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
Dec 16, 2024Salzburg, Austria
Dec 16, 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 1, 2021Gazing upon Portraits of Change
Jan 9, 2024Balloon Ascension Day
May 9, 2018Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
Jun 15, 2018Ready for takeoff
Jan 12, 2023Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
Mar 22, 2023World Water Day
Mar 2, 2022Mount Rainier National Park
Oct 20, 2019Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
Dec 6, 2025Celebrating 78 years of Everglades National Park
Mar 2, 2026Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
Apr 11, 2019Spring blooms in the Netherlands
Aug 30, 2022Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
Dec 22, 2021Illuminating Annecy
Jan 29, 2026Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin
Sep 10, 2018Party like it’s 5779
May 8, 2022Mother s Day
Oct 4, 2020Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
Apr 5, 2024The Bahamas
Feb 19, 2018Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
Jan 6, 2025Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
Mar 20, 2019Hello, spring!
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Jul 5, 2018Does it swim in slow motion too?
Nov 29, 2019Opt outside today
Jan 17, 2025Brown pelican, San Diego, California
Apr 13, 2026International Dark Sky Week
Jan 17, 2021On the Route of the Waterfalls
Sep 29, 2025The Rainbow Houses of Houten, Netherlands
Aug 3, 2022Red-necked grebes during breeding season
Sep 15, 2022Hispanic Heritage Month