We’re excited to announce that this year’s Nutcracker Portrait Sessions will be divided into groups to keep everything running smoothly and on schedule.

For three or more costumes, two session blocks are required. 

Please take note of the scheduling details below:

📸 Block 1 - 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Dancers in these roles should schedule their session Block 1. 

• Angels
• Little Mice
• Chinese Attendants
• Soldiers on Horse
• Clara Puppets

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📸 Block 2 - 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Dancers in these levels should schedule their session in Block 2. 

• Children ALL (Clara, Fritz, Girl Children, Boy Children)
• Soldiers
• Mini Battle (MB Nutcracker, MB Mouse Queen, MB Soldiers, MB Mice)
• Mother Goose, Puppets (Clara Puppet, Nutcracker Puppet, Mouse King Puppet)
• Garland Flowers
• Archangels
• Nutcracker

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📸 Block 3 - 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Dancers in these levels should schedule their session in Block 3. 

• Mice
• Mouse Queen
• Snow + Snow Queen
• Flowers en pointe 
• Dew Drop
• Spanish Hot Chocolate, Chinese Tea
• Harlequin, Russian Candy Canes
• Columbine, Wraith
• French Mirlitons

We kindly ask that you schedule your dancer’s portrait session during the designated block based on their roles. This division will help us provide the absolute best experience for all dancers.  For three or more costumes, two session blocks are required. Not booking accordingly may lead to delays and longer wait times.

Siblings? If you have siblings in multiple levels, please reach out to Janine directly to coordinate scheduling via 908-463-0036 or janine@janinecollettephotography.com

Post session: you will receive a link to your gallery to review your edited images to order prints, albums or purchase digital downloads of your dancer's images.

We look forward to capturing beautiful moments of your dancers!