The nutcracker

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Title

The nutcracker

Collection

André Eglevsky Video Archive

Names

Kronenfeld, Anne Byrne (Dancer)
Burke, Dermot (Dancer)
Miller, Jane (Dancer)
Serrano, Raymond (Dancer)
Eglevsky, André (Choreographer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
André Eglevsky Ballet Companies (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1974

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8113
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3287 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island, New York, in 1974.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: André Eglevsky, assisted by Jane Miller and Dermot Burke. Music: Peter Tchaikovsky.
Performers: Performed by the Eglevsky Ballet Company: Anne Byrne Hoffman (Sugarplum fairy), Dermot Burke (Sugarplum fairy's cavalier/Snow queen's cavalier), Muriel Mankuta (Clara), Raymond Serrano (grandfather), Jane Miller (Snow queen), Suzanne Nadeau and Robert Peterson (leads in Waltz of the flowers), others. Narrator not identified.
Performers: Cassette 1 (approx. 62 min.): Act I, Act II up to Sugarplum fairy's variation. Cassette 2 (approx. 9 min.): Conclusion of Act II. Sugarplum fairy's variation repeated in full.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926022447-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12171999
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bf385a30-86a6-0135-57c1-2d4ad0b27bb1

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The nutcracker" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1974. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf385a30-86a6-0135-57c1-2d4ad0b27bb1

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1974). The nutcracker Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf385a30-86a6-0135-57c1-2d4ad0b27bb1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The nutcracker" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf385a30-86a6-0135-57c1-2d4ad0b27bb1

Wikipedia citation

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