Photo essay: The visual feast that is Atlanta Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

“Nutcracker” ballets abound in Atlanta this time of year, but the grandest of them all is Yuri Possokhov’s lavish, high-tech production the Atlanta Ballet has performed annually since 2018. From the fun opening scrim to the huge video projections of stars and the Northern Lights, from tipsy partygoers to fearsome mice, this ballet gives audiences something new to enjoy every year.

Here is a look at this year’s presentation, which continues at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre through Dec. 26.