Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The nutcracker /

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 wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	George Balanchine Foundation, International Cultural Programming, Inc
Other Authors:	Balanchine, George, Croce, Arlene, Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-, Mason, Francis, Tatge, Catherine, Tallchief, Maria, Somogyi, Jennie, Whelan, Wendy, Woetzel, Damian, McDill, Nancy, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : George Balanchine Foundation, [1996]
Series:	Dance in video.
Subjects:	Tallchief, Maria. Balanchine, George. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine, after Ivanov) Ballet > Study and teaching. Pas de deux. Short films. Internet videos. Filmed dance.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (110 min.))