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Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, also known as Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or simply Nutcracker, is a 1986 American Christmas performing arts film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in association with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke, and released theatrically by Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet School was founded in 1974. [13] Formerly directed by Francia Russell, and now directed by Peter Boal, it has been considered to be "one of the leading, if not the definitive, professional training school in the country."
He was born in Bedford, New York, in 1965 and began studies at the School of American Ballet (SAB) at age nine. Boal assumed the directorship of Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2005 (from Kent Stowell and Francia Russell ) following a successful career with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) which he joined in 1983 and where he was promoted to soloist ...
Roxy Shackelford, a dancer with the Saint Louis Ballet, returned to her hometown to help teach students and perform in the annual Nutcracker performance. Here’s more.
In November 2021, Edwards became an apprentice at Pacific Northwest Ballet, joining the corps de ballet the following year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During their first traditionally female role, the snow and flower corps de ballet in The Nutcracker in 2021, the other ensemble ballerinas "embraced Edwards — and offered them a crash course in the tips and ...
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (after Petipa) Company: Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Premiere: 1919 Russian choreographer Alexander Gorsky, who staged a production of The Nutcracker in Moscow in 1919, is credited with the idea of combining Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy's roles (i.e. giving the Fairy's dances to Clara), eliminating the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier, giving the Cavalier's dances to the ...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WTAJ) — Nittany Ballet is bringing holiday magic to life with a fresh performance of the “The Nutcracker,” performed on Dec. 14 and 15 at Penn State’s Eisenhower ...
The school stages an annual Spring Concert, and Anaheim Ballet annually performs the holiday ballet The Nutcracker. Students of Anaheim Ballet School have competed in the finals of the Youth America Grand Prix competition since its founding; the competition is the world's largest international student dance competition. [5] Anaheim Ballet's ...