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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $24.99 You Save: $5 Features • Classical • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 16 December, 1977 DVD Release : 28 September, 2004 |
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Baryshnikov, Kirkland, Charmoli description The American Ballet Theater version of the Tchaikovsky classic, a 1977 studio rendition directed by Tony Charmoli, has become a holiday perennial on PBS stations and home video. It's a favorite of parents who want to give their kids the gift of culture--and with good reason. There's a loose fairy tale plot to keep dance neophytes interested, and Boris Aronson's eye-candy production design is a series of lavish dioramas. From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party out of Tolstoy, a young girl named Clara (Gelsey Kirkland) is whisked in dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier (Alexander Minz), who prances on his stick-thin limbs like a Dickens illustration come to life. The main attraction is, of course, Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, at his absolute peak of athleticism and precision. An opening slow-motion montage diagrams his fabled smoothness of execution, elegant airborne trajectories that have a feather-light perfection. Music lovers who know only "The Nutcracker Suite" will relish the chance to hear this great score all the way through, conducted with lilt and vigor by Kenneth Schermerhorn. --David Chute |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | The Definitive Nutcracker |
| A Of all the productions of the Nutcracker ballet that I've seen, this is the definitive one.
As someone who dabbles in cinema photography, I can appreciate the cross- fades between many of the sequences in this production for televiewing. This adds another dimension, that cannot be seen in a public performance. Also, there is a wider choice of good camera locations in the television production of any ballet. The dancers were all great - in particular Baryshnikov, Kirkland and the court jesters. Although Kirkland was 24 years of age at the time of this production, she was very convincing in the role of the young teen-age Clara. Baryshnikov was equally convincing as the dashing young prince. And last, but not least, the musical score is magnificent. I was particularly amused by the way that Tchaikovsky worked the tune of a French children's song, Cadet Roussel, into the middle of the court jesters' dance. John Betz, Meaford, Ontario, Canada. |
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