Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker / Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt present a Hyperion Pictures/ Kushner-Locke production ; music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; executive producers, Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt ; produced by Willard Carroll & Donald Kushner, and Peter Locke & Thomas L. Wilhite ; directed by Carroll Ballard.
Container of (work): Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Stowell)
Notes:
Dancers: Hugh Bigney, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall, Maia Rosal, Carey Homme, Russell Burnett, Jacob Rice ; Clara's voice: Julie Harris ; Pacific Northwest Ballet ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor. Conceived by Kent Stowell & Maurice Sendak from the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Summary:
On Christmas Eve, after a day of festivities, a young girl on the verge of growing up sleeps and has a dream in which toys, snowflakes, mice and flowers all come to life.
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