Footnotes : The Classics of Ballet. / with Frank Augustyn.

Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoOttawa, ON : Sound Venture, 1995.
Description1 online resource (27 min).
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?DAV2;2713537
Subjects

Other author/creatorDowell, Anthony, interviewee.
Other author/creatorFranca, Celia, 1921-2007, interviewee.
Other author/creatorHart, Evelyn, 1956- interviewee.
Other author/creatorKain, Karen interviewee.
Other author/creatorTennant, Veronica interviewee.
Other author/creatorAugustyn, Frank, producer.
Other author/creatorBregman, Neil, producer.
Other author/creatorDiorio, Derek, director.
Other author/creatorSound Venture Productions (Firm)
SeriesDance in video, volume 2
Abstract This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about the Nutcracker. Dancer Frank Augustyn and others begin by examining some reasons why dancers dislike The nutcracker: its weak scenario, lack of dramatic characterization, ubiquitousness at Christmastime, and the sense that it shares in the modern-day commercialization of Christmas. They argue the pros and cons of new versions of the ballet, many of which attempt to give psychological relevance to the story. They conclude by acknowledging the ballet's perennial appeal, much of which derives from Tchaikovsky's score and the powerful response it creates in the dancer. Excerpts from a performance of Yuri Grigorovich's version of the ballet illustrate the discussion.
LanguageIn English.
InFootnotes: The Classics of Ballet: The Nutcracker
Genre/formDocumentary films.

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