Balletwannabe Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Balanchine's Nutcracker coming to Netflix June 1st. Link to comment
Balletwannabe Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 The list I saw just says "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker". Link to comment
rg Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 probably this one? George Balanchine's The Nutcracker DVD New York City Ballet (Actor), Megan Fairchild (Actor), Alan Skog (Director), Katherine E. Brown (Director) Link to comment
Kathleen O'Connell Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) Judging from what pops up when I search Netflix and the copy in the various "What's Coming to Netflix in June" articles around the web, it's the 1993 version. Edited May 28, 2018 by Kathleen O'Connell IMDB link added Link to comment
dirac Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 My guess is Kathleen is right. Which is too bad, because the older Nutcracker is readily available any number of other ways. Link to comment
Jack Reed Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, dirac said: My guess is Kathleen is right. Which is too bad, because the older Nutcracker is readily available any number of other ways. "Older Nutcracker"? The 1993 Warner Brothers production was well-liked for Darci Kistler's "Sugar Plum", Kyra Nichols's "Dewdrop" (worth the price in the day, just in itself; the most authentic dancing in the whole show, IMHO) and Emil Ardolino's sensitive and sympathetic direction. The relatively recent 2011 PBS production was put to shame, in my experience, just a week later, by Villella's MCB's version, in Ft. Lauderdale. (When you could get a good idea of the dancing at all, what with the interfering camera-work in the later one.) Older than that? (Any with Balanchine's "Drosselmeier"? Just for kicks. It's things like Villella's "Candy Canes" in one from the '50s deserves to be seen.) Edited May 29, 2018 by Jack Reed Link to comment
dirac Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Yes, the older Nutcracker was released in the nineties, and the relatively new DVD with Fairchild, et al. is of much more recent vintage. My point was that it's a lot easier to find footage of the older version without buying the DVD. (I wasn't referring to quality, although I was disappointed in the feature film despite the pedigree and good intentions of all involved. Maybe if Mr. B had still been around to supervise things.....) Link to comment
California Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 4:25 PM, Balletwannabe said: Balanchine's Nutcracker coming to Netflix June 1st. It's on Netflix now. It's the Macauley Caulkins movie. Link to comment
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