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Which Ballet Company staged Nutcracker with Sendak's designed sets and costumes?

  • English National Ballet

  • New York City Ballet

  • Pacific Northwest Ballet

  • The Royal Ballet

Answer

Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 1935 by the dancer and choreographer William Christensen. The company has a long history of staging the Nutcracker ballet, and in 1977 it commissioned the children's book author Maurice Sendak to design the sets and costumes for a production of the ballet.
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