The Resource Nutcracker : the story of Clara, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Ballet ; [video] directed and produced by Virginia Lumsden ; artistic direction by Maina Gielgud ; concept by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson (after E.T.A. Hoffmann) ; choreogr, (videorecording)

Nutcracker : the story of Clara, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Ballet ; [video] directed and produced by Virginia Lumsden ; artistic direction by Maina Gielgud ; concept by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson (after E.T.A. Hoffmann) ; choreogr, (videorecording)

Label
Nutcracker : the story of Clara
Title
Nutcracker
Title remainder
the story of Clara
Statement of responsibility
presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Ballet ; [video] directed and produced by Virginia Lumsden ; artistic direction by Maina Gielgud ; concept by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson (after E.T.A. Hoffmann) ; choreogr
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In the new scenario for this Christmas classic, Clara is a retired Russian ballerina living in Australia. After a Christmas celebration with her contemporaries, also Russian emigrés, she relives the tumultous events of her past life
Cataloging source
WCX
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Design, Kristian Fredrikson ; lighting, John Drummond Montgomery ; film collage, Philippe Charluet ; stage direction, Francis Croese ; executive producer, Peter Butler
Date time place
Recorded in performance at the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Intended audience
Censorship rating: Exempt
PerformerNote
  • Danced by the Australian Ballet
  • Margaret Scott (old Clara) ; Vicki Attard (middle Clara) ; Steven Heathcote (doctor/Clara's lover) ; Siobhan Elsmann (young Clara) ; David McAllister ; Paul de Masson, Harry Haythorne, Audrey Nichols, Colin Peasley, Peggy Watson, Athol Willoughby (Russian emigre friends) ; Michele Goullet ; Damien Welch ; Justine Summers ; Nigel Burley ; others
  • Music played by the State Orchestra of Victoria, conducted by Noel Smith
  • Singers: Australian Boys Choir
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1926-
  • 1840-1893
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  • Murphy, Graeme
  • Lumsden, Virginia
  • Smith, Noel
  • Scott, Margaret
  • Attard, Vicki
  • Heathcote, Steven
  • McAllister, David
  • Masson, Paul de
  • Haythorne, Harry
  • Peasley, Colin
  • Willoughby, Athol
  • Summers, Justine
  • Burley, Nigel
  • Welch, Damien
  • Fredrikson, Kristian
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
  • Montgomery, John Drummond
  • Australian Ballet
Runtime
95
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Ballets
Technique
live action
Label
Nutcracker : the story of Clara, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Ballet ; [video] directed and produced by Virginia Lumsden ; artistic direction by Maina Gielgud ; concept by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson (after E.T.A. Hoffmann) ; choreogr, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Control code
000040418737
Dimensions
12 cm.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
DUK 0223
System details
DVD format, all regions
Label
Nutcracker : the story of Clara, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Ballet ; [video] directed and produced by Virginia Lumsden ; artistic direction by Maina Gielgud ; concept by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson (after E.T.A. Hoffmann) ; choreogr, (videorecording)
Publication
Control code
000040418737
Dimensions
12 cm.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
DUK 0223
System details
DVD format, all regions

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