NYCB Nutcracker opens in less than one week! All the familiar faces of the dancers we cherish will be in the leading roles. The only guest artist is – what!@¿# – why, oh, why do they keep calling Robert La Fosse a guest artist? Why not Honored Alumnus, Honored Former Principal, Treasured Principal? Can we just strike the words "guest artist" from the language – then maybe they will all go away.