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Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The nutcracker

Title
  1. Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The nutcracker [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director for The George Balanchine Foundation, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] director and producer, Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
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  1. U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Tallchief, Maria.
  2. Somogyi, Jennie
  3. Whelan, Wendy
  4. Woetzel, Damian
  5. Balanchine, George
  6. Croce, Arlene.
  7. Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  8. Mason, Francis.
  9. McDill, Nancy.
  10. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  11. Tatge, Catherine.
  12. Brooks, Virginia Loring.
  13. Grange, Roger.
  14. George Balanchine Foundation.
  15. International Cultural Programming, Inc.
  16. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (110 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Maria Tallchief, who created the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in George Balanchine's version of The nutcracker for the New York City Ballet in 1954, coaches young dancers in excerpts from the ballet. In the interview sections, she analyzes details of the choreography and describes the way in which Balanchine taught specific steps and movements. She also reminisces about the first performance, and compares the choreography to the Petipa-Ivanov version then being presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Series statement
  1. George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Uniform title
  1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
Subject
  1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
  2. Pas de deux
  3. Partnering in dance
  4. Interviews
  5. Balanchine, George
  6. Dance
  7. Video
  8. Interpretation in dance performance
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Video.
Contents
  1. Sugar Plum Fairy variation (partial) (ca. 40 min.) / danced by Jennie Somogyi.
  2. Interview (ca. 9 min.) / interviewers, Arlene Croce and Nancy Reynolds.
  3. Pas de deux: Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier (ca. 56 min.) / danced by Wendy Whelan and Damian Woetzel.
  4. Interview (ca. 4 min.) / interviewers, Francis Mason and Nancy Reynolds.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3012
Credits (note)
  1. Camera, Roger Grange (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), Joel Shapiro (pas de deux) ; sound, Dale Whitman (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), Samantha Hylewyle (pas de deux) ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; associate producers, Beth Barbre, Martine Britell ; production company, International Cultural Programming, Inc.
Performer (note)
  1. Pianist: Nancy McDill.
  2. Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds, Francis Mason.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, on June 28, 1995 (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), and April 15, 1996 (pas de deux).
Title
  1. Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The nutcracker [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director for The George Balanchine Foundation, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] director and producer, Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Imprint
  1. U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Event
  1. Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, on June 28, 1995 (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), and April 15, 1996 (pas de deux).
Credits
  1. Camera, Roger Grange (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), Joel Shapiro (pas de deux) ; sound, Dale Whitman (Sugar Plum Fairy variation), Samantha Hylewyle (pas de deux) ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; associate producers, Beth Barbre, Martine Britell ; production company, International Cultural Programming, Inc.
Performer
  1. Danced by Jennie Somogyi, Wendy Whelan and Damian Woetzel of the New York City Ballet.
  2. Pianist: Nancy McDill.
  3. Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds, Francis Mason.
Local subject
  1. Interpretation in dance performance.
Local subject
  1. Partnering in dance.
Added author
  1. Tallchief, Maria. Interviewee
  2. Somogyi, Jennie, dancer.
  3. Whelan, Wendy, dancer.
  4. Woetzel, Damian, dancer.
  5. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
  6. Croce, Arlene. Interviewer
  7. Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
  8. Mason, Francis. Interviewer
  9. McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist
  10. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
  11. Tatge, Catherine. Producer. Director
  12. Brooks, Virginia Loring.
  13. Grange, Roger.
  14. George Balanchine Foundation.
  15. International Cultural Programming, Inc.
  16. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3012
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