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George Balanchine's The nutcracker

Title: George Balanchine's The nutcracker [videorecording] / Elektra Entertainment and Regency Enterprises ; distributed by Warner Bros. ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Robert A. Krasnow and Robert Hurwitz ; choreography by George Balanchine, adapted from the stage production by Peter Martins ; music by Peter Ilich Tschaikovsky.
Publication: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1994, c1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Film adaptation of New York City Ballet's stage production of the classic Christmastime ballet.

Uniform Title

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)

Alternative Title

Nutcracker

Genre/Form

Dance.
Motion pictures.
Video.

Note

Preceded by ca. 2 1/2 min. of advertisements.
Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros. in 1993.

Credits (note)

Scenario based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; production design and scenery, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; lighting, Alan Adelman ; editor, Girish Bhargava ; director of photography, Ralf Bode ; coordinating producer, Merrill Brockway ; executive producer, Arnon Milchan ; narration written by Susan Cooper.

Performer (note)

Darci Kistler (Sugarplum Fairy), Damian Woetzel (Cavalier), Kyra Nichols (Dewdrop), Bart Robinson Cook (Drosselmeier), Heather Watts (Frau Stahlbaum), Robert La Fosse (Dr. Stahlbaum), Jessica Lynn Cohen (Marie), Macaulay Culkin (Drosselmeier's nephew), Edward Bigelow and Karin von Aroldingen (grandparents), and Wendy Whelan (Coffee) ; Margaret Tracey with Yvonne Borree, Jennifer Fuchs, Isabel Kimmel, Jennifer Tinsley (Marzipan Shepherdesses) ; Gen Horiuchi with Miriam Mahdaviani and Inmaculada Velez (Tea) ; Tom Gold and others (Candy Canes) ; Lourdes Lopez, Nilas Martins, and others (Hot Chocolate) ; William Otto (Mother Ginger) ; Stacey Calvert, Kathleen Tracey, and others (Flowers) ; Peter Reznick (Fritz) ; Katrina Killian and Roma Sosenko (Harlequin and Colombine) ; Michael Byars (Soldier) ; Robert Lyon (Mouse King) ; dancers of New York City Ballet and children from the School of American Ballet.

Event (note)

Filmed at the Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, New York.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2654

ISBN

0790723492

OCLC

31351797
NYPY97-F730

Title

George Balanchine's The nutcracker [videorecording] / Elektra Entertainment and Regency Enterprises ; distributed by Warner Bros. ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Robert A. Krasnow and Robert Hurwitz ; choreography by George Balanchine, adapted from the stage production by Peter Martins ; music by Peter Ilich Tschaikovsky.

Imprint

Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1994, c1993.

Performer

Narrator, Kevin Kline.

Cast

Darci Kistler (Sugarplum Fairy), Damian Woetzel (Cavalier), Kyra Nichols (Dewdrop), Bart Robinson Cook (Drosselmeier), Heather Watts (Frau Stahlbaum), Robert La Fosse (Dr. Stahlbaum), Jessica Lynn Cohen (Marie), Macaulay Culkin (Drosselmeier's nephew), Edward Bigelow and Karin von Aroldingen (grandparents), and Wendy Whelan (Coffee) ; Margaret Tracey with Yvonne Borree, Jennifer Fuchs, Isabel Kimmel, Jennifer Tinsley (Marzipan Shepherdesses) ; Gen Horiuchi with Miriam Mahdaviani and Inmaculada Velez (Tea) ; Tom Gold and others (Candy Canes) ; Lourdes Lopez, Nilas Martins, and others (Hot Chocolate) ; William Otto (Mother Ginger) ; Stacey Calvert, Kathleen Tracey, and others (Flowers) ; Peter Reznick (Fritz) ; Katrina Killian and Roma Sosenko (Harlequin and Colombine) ; Michael Byars (Soldier) ; Robert Lyon (Mouse King) ; dancers of New York City Ballet and children from the School of American Ballet.

Performer

Music performed by New York City Ballet Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman.

Credits

Scenario based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; production design and scenery, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; lighting, Alan Adelman ; editor, Girish Bhargava ; director of photography, Ralf Bode ; coordinating producer, Merrill Brockway ; executive producer, Arnon Milchan ; narration written by Susan Cooper.

Event

Filmed at the Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, New York.

Local Subject

Cinedance.

Literature and dance.

Child dancers.

Added Author

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Woetzel, Damian, dancer.

Nichols, Kyra, dancer.

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Watts, Heather, dancer.

La Fosse, Robert, dancer.

Cohen, Jessica Lynn, dancer.

Culkin, Macaulay, 1980- dancer.

Whelan, Wendy, dancer.

Tracey, Margaret, dancer.

Horiuchi, Gen, dancer.

Gold, Tom, dancer.

Lopez, Lourdes, dancer.

Martins, Nilas, dancer.

Otto, William, 1958- dancer.

Bigelow, Edward, dancer.

Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018, dancer.

Killian, Katrina, dancer.

Sosenko, Roma, dancer.

Byars, Michael, dancer.

Lyon, Robert, 1968- dancer.

Kline, Kevin, narrator.

Zinman, David, conductor.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Martins, Peter, 1946- adaptor.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Author

Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 1920-1992. Designer

Karinska, Barbara, costume designer.

Adelman, Alan.

Ardolino, Emile, director.

Krasnow, Robert A. Producer

Hurwitz, Robert. Producer

Milchan, Arnon, 1944- Producer

Bhargava, Girish. Film editor

Brockway, Merrill. Producer

Cooper, Susan, 1935-

New York City Ballet.

School of American Ballet.

Elektra Entertainment (Firm)

Regency Enterprises.

Warner Bros. Pictures.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

DHCA.

Added Title

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2654

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