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The nutcracker [excerpts]

Title
The nutcracker [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Royal Ballet ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev after Vasiliĭ Vaĭnonen.
Publication
1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Park, Merle
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Georgiadis, Nicholas, 1923-2001.
  • Fitzgerald, Gerald.
  • Royal Ballet.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (86 min.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.
Series Statement
Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
Uniform Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title and date from original film can.
Credits (note)
  • Scenery and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis.
Performer (note)
  • Merle Park (Clara); Rudolf Nureyev (Herr Drosselmeyer/the Prince). Other cast members seen in this film may include: Keith Martin (Fritz); Ann Jenner (Louisa); Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason (snowflakes, demi-soloists); Georgina Parkinson, Michael Coleman (Spanish dance, lead couple); Keith Rosson, Gary Sinclaire, Graham Fletcher (Chinese dance).
Event (note)
  • Filmed in performance, probably at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., in May 1970; camera, Gerald Fitzgerald. Probably includes footage from more than one performance.
Contents
  • Act I [excerpts] (ca. 31 min.) / includes entrance of Clara and Fritz [recorded twice]; children's dance; doll dances [performed by dancers playing Clara, Fritz, and Louisa]; Clara's solo with the nutcracker; battle of toy soldiers and mice; pas de deux of Clara and the Prince; snowflakes' dance.
  • Act II [excerpts] (ca. 35 min.) / pas de deux of Clara and the Prince; confrontation of Clara and the bats; Spanish dance; Chinese dance; waltz of the flowers; grand pas de deux; curtain calls.
  • Act II, grand pas de deux [excerpts] (ca. 10 min.) / includes a slightly abridged recording of the coda.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5864
OCLC
NYPY02-F408
Title
The nutcracker [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Royal Ballet ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev after Vasiliĭ Vaĭnonen.
Imprint
1970.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
Event
Filmed in performance, probably at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., in May 1970; camera, Gerald Fitzgerald. Probably includes footage from more than one performance.
Credits
Scenery and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis.
Performer
Danced by the Royal Ballet.
Cast
Merle Park (Clara); Rudolf Nureyev (Herr Drosselmeyer/the Prince). Other cast members seen in this film may include: Keith Martin (Fritz); Ann Jenner (Louisa); Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason (snowflakes, demi-soloists); Georgina Parkinson, Michael Coleman (Spanish dance, lead couple); Keith Rosson, Gary Sinclaire, Graham Fletcher (Chinese dance).
Added Author
Park, Merle, dancer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer, dancer.
Georgiadis, Nicholas, 1923-2001. Designer. Costume designer
Fitzgerald, Gerald.
Royal Ballet.
Added Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5864
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