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How many pointe shoes SF Ballet goes through during Nutcracker? How tall is the Christmas tree? Click through the numbers below to explore Nutcracker by the numbers.

Pounds of fabric in the wind-up ballerina’s tutu

Lauren Parrott in Tomasson’s *Nutcracker* // © Erik Tomasson

Feet to the top of the Stahlbaums’ Christmas tree after it grows

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson’s *Nutcracker* // © Erik Tomasson

150

Pounds of snow falls (in each performance!)

3,700

Hours volunteers by SF Ballet BRAVO members during each Nutcracker season

San Francisco Ballet *Nutcracker* Family Performance // © Chris Hardy

Soldiers (plus the Nutcracker) battle 11 mice (plus the King of the Mice)

Members of the Nutcracker orchestra

Martin West conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra // © Brandon Patoc

1,200

Pointe shoes used during Nutcracker season

30,500+

Free Nutcracker tickets distributed through SF Ballet’s Children’s Enchantment Fund, since 1992.

Scene from a San Francisco Ballet’s Passport Performance. (© Gary Sexton)

Nutcracker runs December 6–29, 2024

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