Film
Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker
2000 · 1h 43m · Music
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Overview
The showman of 20th century choreography, Maurice Béjart, stages his distinctive rendering of the beloved Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" using Tchaikovsky's entire score, supplemented with waltz and accordion music performed onstage by the renowned Yvette Horner. Béjart uses the original St. Petersburg tale as a launching point from which to evoke the recollections and feelings of his life's journey from childhood.
Cast
Damaas Thijs
Bim
Elizabeth Ros
Elle
Gil Roman
Petipa/Mephisto
Juichi Kobayashi
Felix the Cat
Christine Blanc
Sugar Plum/Grand pas de deux
Maurice Béjart
Self
Crew
- Ross MacGibbonDirector
- Maurice BéjartWriter
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyOriginal Music Composer
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Music
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