Excerpts from both acts, focusing on Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov. The prince's Act II variation is recorded twice.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Gelsey Kirkland.
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Dance.
Video.
Call number
*MGZIDF 6056
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Scenario after E.T.A. Hoffmann; scenery, Boris Aronson; costumes, Frank Thompson; lighting, Jennifer Tipton.
Event (note)
Recorded in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in Sept. 1977, by Lucia R. Wayne.
Funding (note)
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System details (note)
Streaming file.
Title
[The nutcracker] : [excerpts] [electronic resource] / [presented by] American Ballet Theatre ; choreography by Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Imprint
1977.
Country of producing entity
United States.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Scenario after E.T.A. Hoffmann; scenery, Boris Aronson; costumes, Frank Thompson; lighting, Jennifer Tipton.
Performer
Danced by American Ballet Theatre: Gelsey Kirkland (Clara), Mikhail Baryshnikov (Nutcracker-Prince), Alexander Minz (Drosselmeyer), others.
Event
Recorded in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in Sept. 1977, by Lucia R. Wayne.
Original version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Funding
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.