TikTok users chimed in on the video, saying that there is nothing more New York than this. “The rat like ‘should [I] stay and say cheese or leave?'” one user said.

According to the video's caption, the dancers are Cy Doherty, who plays the Mouse King (informally known as the Rat King) and Melvin Lawovi and Andrew Robare, who are part of the rodent royalty.

Doherty joined American Ballet Company in 2021 as an apprentice, which was the same year he was cast to play the Mouse King in "The Nutcracker ... This would be perfect in the rat costume.' ...