Product Details

• Format: Box set, Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0790738015
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,458 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A list of the ballets included in this set, October 26, 2000

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This review is from: Dance in America Choreography by Balanchine (includes: The Nutcracker, Selections from Jewels, Tzigane The Four Temperments, Chaconne Prodigal Son, The Steadfast Tin Soldier) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Here's what's included in this set from the New York City Ballet:

Tape 1

Chaconne danced by Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins

Prodigal Son danced by Karin von Aroldingen and Shaun O'Brien

Tape 2

Tzigane danced by Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins

Andante from Divertimento No. 15

The Four Temperaments danced by Bart Cook, Adam Luders, Colleen Neary, Merrill Ashley, Daniel Duell

Tape 3

Selections from Jewels

Emeralds danced by Merrill Ashley, Gerard Ebitz, Bonita Borne, Daniel Duell, Heather Watts, Karin von Aroldingen, Sean Lavery

Diamonds danced by Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins Stravinsky Violin Concerto danced by Kay Mazzo, Karin von Aroldingen, Peter Martins, and Bart Cook

Tape 4

Ballo della Regina danced by Merrill Ashley and Robert Weiss

The Steadfast Tin Soldier danced by Patricia McBride and Mikhail Baryshnikov

Elegie danced by Karin von Aroldingen and Sean Lavery

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux danced by Patricia McBride and Mikhail Baryshnikov

Tape 5

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker with Macauley Culkin, Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook and Jessica Lynn Cohen

The first four tapes are each just under an hour, and were produced for the PBS Dance in America series in 1977/78.