Every Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The Nutcracker, takes you inside the Herculean effort involved in gathering the resources, assembling the volunteers, casting the dancers, rehearsing and staging the performances of this classic ballet. Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, led by the former Kirov star, takes you behin... (Full plot summary below)
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Every Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The Nutcracker, takes you inside the Herculean effort involved in gathering the resources, assembling the volunteers, casting the dancers, rehearsing and staging the performances of this classic ballet. Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, led by the former Kirov star, takes you behind the curtain from auditions, the rigorous hours of rehearsals, the joy of landing a principal role to the pain of losing one. The dancers (boys and girls ages 3-18) are profiled; passionate people who, with their families, make incredible sacrifices of time and money just so that they may dance.
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| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWe're treated to generous excerpts from the finished product, which is all the more resonant for the moving profiles that have preceded it. |
| Common Sense MediaS. Jhoanna RobledoCompelling docu about young dancers who live for ballet. |
| Village VoiceKate CongerAs visually rich and heartwarming as the documentary is, director Serene Meshel-Dillman struggles with pace: The interviews with the young dancers sometimes drag, while the final dance performance is frenetic. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenIt's an affectionate and admiring collection of moments, but the director's wobbly choreography never locates a dramatic core for this corps' story. |
| The New York TimesRachel SaltzThis is a sympathetic, even sweet, account, but it’s too soft. |
| User ReviewAga AI love theater and performing arts. I think it teaches a person a great deal about life, hard work and respect. This film is a good snap shot of the essence and the value of art (in this instance, ballet). |
