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Viewed this production of The Nutcracker as a Fathom Event at the local movie theater. I was very excited to watch the production until the camera work started getting weird.

Why would a director shoot a dancer from the waist up? Why would he do close ups on people not even dancing? It started with the dolls at the Christmas Eve celebration and just got worse. My absolutely favorite variation is The Snowflakes, but it was an out of focus mess. The two featured dancers may have been really nice dancers. Who knows? All I saw were blurry corps de ballet running too close to the camera.

If you don't mind missing fantastic dancing because of bad camera work, than you will like this.

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A wonderful dance performance, but film director ruin it, constanly moving cameras in and out, cuting dancer's legs off, it is a "CRIME"! A film director with NO COMMON SENSE...even unprofessional people know, dancing is about feets, legs, whether they are in contact with floor or in the air, not "zum in" about faces. Please, Please, Please choose a better filming

director for ballets! Just compare to the recently released Nutcracker from Bolshoi, this film

director has a lot to "learn" from "The Art of Filming Ballet". What a pity.....a great performnace ruin by an incompetent film director!

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why does a cameraman want to dance with dancers? Can he dance as good as dancers? The worst ballet shot ever seen.

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The word "traditional" may put some people off, by on this production of The Nutcracker, it's a welcoming sign, when Tchaikovsky is in the hands of the corps of the Mariinsky Theatre, with Valery Gergiev conducting. All the parts you know and love are here, with sweeping camera work particularly on the scenes at the Stahlbaums party, the battle, the Waltz of the Snowflakes, and the final waltz. As far as any close-ups are concerned, I welcomed them to see the facial expressions on the dancers. The crowd favorite, besides Masha and the Prince, seemed to be the young trio perfoming the Pas de trois in the Divertissement section. Looks like they could have a good future in ballet. Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra are wonderful, and the sound was excellent. It's a production to treasure.

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There are so many versions of this ballet but this one is beautifully done. The use of children makes this story interesting. I discovered that their footsteps matched the music, an interesting concept.