Nutcracker
By: composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; choreography, Helgi Tomasson ; director, Matthew Diamond ; producer, Judy Flannery ; executive producer, Glenn McCoy ; executive producer, David Horn ; a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and KQED Public Television in association with Thirteen/WNET New York
Contributors: Smith, Damian, dancer; Powell, Elizabeth, dancer; Karapetyan, Davit, dancer; Vilanoba, Pierre-Francois, dancer; Van Patten, Sarah, dancer; Molat, Pascal, dancer; Bustamante, Ricardo, dancer; Paciotti, Anita, dancer; Sohm, Jim, dancer; Hohenstein, Rory, dancer; Tan, Yuan Yuan, dancer; West, Martin (Conductor); Yeargan, Michael, set designer; Ingalls, James F., lighting designer; Pakledinaz, Martin, costume designer; Stepp, Mark, film editor; San Francisco Ballet; San Francisco Ballet. Orchestra; KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Opus Arte (Firm)
Edition: Anamorphic.
Published: 2008
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Ballets
Other titles: San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker; Contains (work): Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Tomasson, after Christensen, L.)
Description: From the lovely Waltz of the flowers to the crystalline beauty of the stunning Waltz of the snowflakes, each scene is more breathtaking than the last, bringing to life all the well-known and beloved characters with fresh sparkle and compelling originality.
Notes: Extras: Synopsis (featuring images from the ballet); Cast gallery; Interviews (with Helgi Tomasson, Michael Yeargan and Martin Pakledinaz); Documentary: the 1915 World's Fair (with subtitles in French, German, Spanish & Italian).

Artistic director, Helgi Tomasson ; scenic design, Michael Yeargan ; lighting design, James F. Ingalls ; costume designer, Martin Pakledinaz ; editor, Mark Stepp.

Dancers: Damian Smith, Elizabeth Powell, Davit Karapetyan, Yuan Yuan Tan, Pierre-François Vilanoba, Vanessa Zahorian, Sarah Van Patten, Nicolas Blanc, Pascal Molat, Maria Kochetkova, Ricardo Bustamante, Anita Paciotti, Pascale Leroy, Jim Sohm, Rory Hohenstein, Clara Blanco, Garrett Anderson, David Arce, Dores Andre, Frances Chung, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Hansuke Yamamoto, Anthony Spaulding, Brett Bauer, Mariellen Olson, Elana Altman, Jennifer Stahl, James Sofranko, Louis Schilling, Matthew Stewart ; Artists of San Francisco Ballet ; students of San Francisco Ballet School ; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra ; Martin West, conductor.

Recorded live Dec. 19th and 20th, 2007 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Calif.

DVD-9, NTSC, all regions; 16/9 anamorphic ; LPCM stereo., DTS surround; "double layer disc: the feature may experience a slight pause."