Nutcracker in Theatres Nationwide
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 14:25.
New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and NCM Fathom will present the Company’s acclaimed production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker in 530 movie theatres in the United States for one night only on Tuesday, December 13.
The production will be shown live at six p.m. ET, with tape-delayed presentations in some regions. Produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, this program will be broadcast in HD direct from the Center’s New York campus through NCM’s Digital Broadcast Network.
In making the announcement, which will mark the first-ever live movie theatre broadcast of a New York City Ballet performance, Katherine E. Brown, NYCB’s executive director said, “We are thrilled to bring this beloved holiday production to audiences around the country, in what we hope will be the first of many opportunities to present New York City Ballet’s extraordinary repertory in movie theatres throughout the world.”
Set to Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky’s glorious score, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker features choreography by Balanchine, scenery by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Karinska, and lighting by Mark Stanley, after the original design by Ronald Bates. The production features more than 70 New York City Ballet dancers, the 62-piece New York City Ballet Orchestra, and 50 children from the School of American Ballet, the official school of NYCB.
Performed by NYCB every year since its creation, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker is one of the cultural treasures of the holiday season in New York City and is seen by more than 100,000 people annually. Balanchine’s first full-length work for New York City Ballet, The Nutcracker premiered on February 2, 1954. In the following years, live national broadcasts of the NYCB production on CBS’ Seven Lively Arts (1957) and Playhouse 90 (1958) helped to establish The Nutcracker and its score as perennial favorites in the United States
Added Elizabeth Scott, Lincoln Center’s chief media and digital officer, “Lincoln Center pioneered the use of broadcast media to bring the magic of live performance into households around the country. We’re pleased to take this next step and give movie goers live access to this classic performance, emblematic of the superb offerings on Lincoln Center’s renowned stages.”
“This new agreement gives families the opportunity to experience the prestigious New York City Ballet perform the holiday classic featuring the memorable toy soldiers and Sugar Plum Fairy from the comfort of their local movie theatre,” said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of Fathom.
This special holiday presentation is being produced for movie theatres by the award-winning Live From Lincoln Center team that brings live performances to millions of viewers every year.
New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and NCM Fathom will present the Company’s acclaimed production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker in 530 movie theatres in the United States for one night only on Tuesday, December 13. The production will be shown live at six p.m. ET, with tape-delayed presentations in some regions. Produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, this program will be broadcast in HD direct from the Center’s New York campus through NCM’s Digital Broadcast Network.
In making the announcement, which will mark the first-ever live movie theatre broadcast of a New York City Ballet performance, Katherine E. Brown, NYCB’s executive director said, “We are thrilled to bring this beloved holiday production to audiences around the country, in what we hope will be the first of many opportunities to present New York City Ballet’s extraordinary repertory in movie theatres throughout the world.”
Set to Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky’s glorious score, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker features choreography by Balanchine, scenery by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Karinska, and lighting by Mark Stanley, after the original design by Ronald Bates. The production features more than 70 New York City Ballet dancers, the 62-piece New York City Ballet Orchestra, and 50 children from the School of American Ballet, the official school of NYCB.
Performed by NYCB every year since its creation, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker is one of the cultural treasures of the holiday season in New York City and is seen by more than 100,000 people annually. Balanchine’s first full-length work for New York City Ballet, The Nutcracker premiered on February 2, 1954. In the following years, live national broadcasts of the NYCB production on CBS’ Seven Lively Arts (1957) and Playhouse 90 (1958) helped to establish The Nutcracker and its score as perennial favorites in the United States
Added Elizabeth Scott, Lincoln Center’s chief media and digital officer, “Lincoln Center pioneered the use of broadcast media to bring the magic of live performance into households around the country. We’re pleased to take this next step and give movie goers live access to this classic performance, emblematic of the superb offerings on Lincoln Center’s renowned stages.”
“This new agreement gives families the opportunity to experience the prestigious New York City Ballet perform the holiday classic featuring the memorable toy soldiers and Sugar Plum Fairy from the comfort of their local movie theatre,” said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of Fathom.
This special holiday presentation is being produced for movie theatres by the award-winning Live From Lincoln Center team that brings live performances to millions of viewers every year.
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