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Nutcracker

Title
Nutcracker [videorecording] / [presented by] the American Dance Ensemble of Point Park College ; choreography by Nicolas Petrov ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Publication
1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Petrov, Nicolas
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Ostroff, Boyd.
  • Mincin, Pat.
  • Forino, Alan.
  • Point Park College (Pittsburgh, Pa.) American Dance Ensemble.
  • DHCA.
Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., b&w; 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Nicolas Petrov.
Uniform Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petrov after Ivanov)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title, location and company from original cases. Date from original reel for cassette 2.
  • Additional information from house program for December 1979. Title of work given as "Nutcracker" on cover of program and as "The nutcracker" inside program.
Credits (note)
  • Scenery, Boyd Ostroff ; costumes, Pat Mincin ; lighting, Alan Forino.
Performer (note)
  • House program gives multiple casts for most of the principal roles. Dancers may include: Carolyn Paddock or Kristin Schleich (Clara) ; Bruce Abjornson (white soldier) ; Keith Allison or Nicolas Petrov or David Vinski (Drosselmeyer) ; Peter Degnan (Harlequin) ; Susan Stone (Columbine) ; Kristin Schleich (cantinière) ; Jerry Premick (toy soldier) ; Douglas Bentz or Peter Degnan (nutcracker/prince) ; Ron Hutson or Wayne Plate (king mouse) ; Susan Stone or Martha Mentzer (snow queen).
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in dress rehearsal onstage, with sets, at Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, Pa., probably in December 1979.
Contents
  • Cassette 1. Act I (ca. 39 min.). Scenes: 1, evening, home of the burgermeister ; 2, later that evening ; 3, snow forest -- Act II, Candyland (beginning, ca. 22 min.). Entrance of Clara and the Nutcracker Prince ; divertissements: Spanish, Mirlitons, Arabian, Chinese, Russian, Mother Ginger (accompanied by acrobats and clowns), Waltz of the flowers.
  • Cassette 2. Act II, concluded (ca. 13 min.). Grand pas de deux (lacks opening) ; finale.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-6198
OCLC
NYPY99-F1071
Title
Nutcracker [videorecording] / [presented by] the American Dance Ensemble of Point Park College ; choreography by Nicolas Petrov ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Imprint
1979.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in dress rehearsal onstage, with sets, at Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, Pa., probably in December 1979.
Credits
Scenery, Boyd Ostroff ; costumes, Pat Mincin ; lighting, Alan Forino.
Performer
Danced by the American Dance Ensemble of Point Park College, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cast
House program gives multiple casts for most of the principal roles. Dancers may include: Carolyn Paddock or Kristin Schleich (Clara) ; Bruce Abjornson (white soldier) ; Keith Allison or Nicolas Petrov or David Vinski (Drosselmeyer) ; Peter Degnan (Harlequin) ; Susan Stone (Columbine) ; Kristin Schleich (cantinière) ; Jerry Premick (toy soldier) ; Douglas Bentz or Peter Degnan (nutcracker/prince) ; Ron Hutson or Wayne Plate (king mouse) ; Susan Stone or Martha Mentzer (snow queen).
Added Author
Petrov, Nicolas, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Ostroff, Boyd. Set designer
Mincin, Pat. Costume designer
Forino, Alan. Lighting designer
Point Park College (Pittsburgh, Pa.) American Dance Ensemble.
DHCA.
Added Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petrov after Ivanov)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-6198
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