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Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring The Rockettes

Actor: Various
ASIN : B001D395NG
Sales Rank : 56
Director : Various
Studio : Time Life Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Compilation, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0610583353099
UPC : 610583353099
Release Date : December 04, 2008
Publisher : Time Life Entertainment
Manufacturer : Time Life Entertainment
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Label : Time Life Entertainment
Running Time : 90

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For the first time in its 75-year history, America' s favorite holiday show comes alive on DVD! The Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes has been a family
tradition since the 1930s.
Time Life is proud to offer this amazing holiday tradition to
the home market for the very first time, bringing the sights and sounds of this cherished show right into living rooms across America.
This special 75th Anniversary DVD features all the best-loved performances including: The Dance of the Nutcracker, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Santa' s Toy Headquarters, the Living Nativity and the arrival of Santa. Home viewers will now
get it all signature high kicks and astounding precision
choreography, dramatic theatrical lighting effects, breathtaking
imagery and an array of glamorous costumes, leaving no doubts about the magic of Christmas at Radio City.

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Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)

Actors: Leopold Stokowski, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Walt Disney, Deems Taylor, Mickey Mouse
ASIN : B00003CX9W
Sales Rank : 1040
Director : James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford I. Beebe
Studio : Walt Disney Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780788821172
ISBN : 0788821172
UPC : 717951004611
Release Date : December 14, 2000
Publisher : Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Video
Label : Walt Disney Video
Running Time : 125

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Groundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the composers Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas, and Schubert. Not all the sequences were created equally, but a few are simply glorious, such as "Night on Bald Mountain," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and "The Nutcracker Suite." The animation ranges from subtly delicate to fiercely bold. The screen bursts with color and action as creatures transmute and convention is thrust aside. The painstaking detail and saturated hues are unique to this film, unmatched even by more advanced technology. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

Actors: Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Jessica Lynn Cohen
ASIN : 6304698577
Sales Rank : 664
Director : Emile Ardolino
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786306510481
ISBN : 6304698577
UPC : 085391300021
Release Date : December 19, 1997
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Running Time : 92

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Angels and sugarplums. Candy canes and ice. A magic prince, a dreamy young girl, a mysterious old man and a Christmas tree that grows sky high. Enter the world of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, featuring the New York City Ballet, and let this all-new movie version of a timeless Yuletide fantasy, narrated ny Academy Award(R) winner Kevin Kline, draw you under its spell. Starring Macaulay Caulkin, Darci Kistler and Bart Robinson Cook. Year: 1993 Director: Emile Ardolino Starring: Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Caulkin, Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel

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Tchaikovsky's timeless Yuletide ballet is presented in an all-new movie version with as much eloquence as one would find in a live stage production. Replete with gorgeous costumes and scenery, George Balanchine's production, adapted by Peter Martins, features the New York City Ballet with narration by Kevin Kline. From the moment the Nutcracker prince winds toymaker Drosselmeier's life-sized dolls, viewers are ushered into the captivating story of a little girl's Christmas Eve fantasy of beauty, magic, and sugarplums. While several versions of this beloved tale are available in video, this one is distinguished for the magnificent performances of a large cast of young ballet dancers from the School of American Ballet. While Culkin lends his star-studded name, that is all he lends in what is mostly a wooden performance (he often appears on the sidelines looking quite blasé and detached). More deserving accolades go to Jessica Lynn Cohen as Marie, whose genuineness never wanes and dance steps never falter. Bart Robinson Cook is wonderful as the playful Herr Drosselmeier, and Darci Kistler is the graceful Sugarplum Fairy. Mostly this film belongs to children--both on the stage and in the audience. What is lacking in spontaneous energy of live theater is made up for in a perfectly polished performance. The only thing missing is the well-earned applause. --Lynn Gibson

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Barbie in The Nutcracker

Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Kirby Morrow, Tim Curry, Peter Kelamis, Christopher Gaze
ASIN : B00005M2BW
Sales Rank : 762
Director : Owen Hurley
Brand : Lions Gate
Studio : Lions Gate
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0012236120612
UPC : 012236120612
Release Date : December 23, 2001
Publisher : Lions Gate
Manufacturer : Lions Gate
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Running Time : 76

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This modern adaptation of the holiday classic casts Barbie in two roles, Clara and the Sugarplum Princess, as she embarks on a musical fantasy adventure for girls of all ages. New York City Ballet's Peter Martins choreographed this wonderful animated film, with music by The London Symphony Orchestra, and featuring the voice of Tim Curry as the Mouse King.

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Look who became a star. Barbie comes to life in this computer-animated Christmas tale that quite naturally takes the longtime favorite doll into a new realm. The plot is a slight variation on the traditional ballet based on Tchaikovsky's music. Instead of being in an open-ended dream, Barbie and her escort, the Nutcracker (soon to be Ken, natch), are on an adventurous quest. Along the way there are more creatures and derring-do than in the original. The sole known voice talent, Tim Curry, has a good old time as the Mouse King, and the animated dancing is gracefully adapted from New York City Ballet choreography. A few clever characters, bright animation, and wonderful music should entrance any Barbie fans ages 3 to 9. The 78-minute feature debuted on video shortly before playing on CBS in 2001. --Doug Thomas

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The Nutcracker / Baryshnikov, Kirkland, Charmoli

Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, Alexander Minz, Nanette Glushak, Gayle Young
ASIN : B0002S6428
Sales Rank : 891
Director : Tony Charmoli
Studio : Kultur Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780769729251
ISBN : 0769729258
UPC : 032031292598
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 28, 2004
Publisher : Kultur Video
Manufacturer : Kultur Video
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Label : Kultur Video
Running Time : 78

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The Nutcracker marked the initial choreographic effort of Baryshnikov, universally hailed as one of the world’s greatest dancers. Under Baryshnikov’s inventive direction, the traditionally lighthearted story of a small girl’s dream on Christmas Eve is transformed into a more complex theatrical experience. Broadcast regularly on PBS, this American Ballet Theatre performance (directed in the studio by Tony Charmoli) stars Gelsey Kirkland as Clara and Mikhail Baryshnikov at the peak of his artistic ability as the Prince/Nutcracker.

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The American Ballet Theater version of the Tchaikovsky classic, a 1977 studio rendition directed by Tony Charmoli, has become a holiday perennial on PBS stations and home video. It's a favorite of parents who want to give their kids the gift of culture--and with good reason. There's a loose fairy tale plot to keep dance neophytes interested, and Boris Aronson's eye-candy production design is a series of lavish dioramas. From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party out of Tolstoy, a young girl named Clara (Gelsey Kirkland) is whisked in dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier (Alexander Minz), who prances on his stick-thin limbs like a Dickens illustration come to life. The main attraction is, of course, Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, at his absolute peak of athleticism and precision. An opening slow-motion montage diagrams his fabled smoothness of execution, elegant airborne trajectories that have a feather-light perfection. Music lovers who know only "The Nutcracker Suite" will relish the chance to hear this great score all the way through, conducted with lilt and vigor by Kenneth Schermerhorn. --David Chute

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Element: Ballet Conditioning

Actor: Elise Gulan
ASIN : B000WC38BO
Sales Rank : 2390
Director : n/a
Brand : STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Studio : ANCHOR BAY
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0013131535198
UPC : 013131535198
Release Date : December 04, 2007
Publisher : ANCHOR BAY
Manufacturer : ANCHOR BAY
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Running Time : 51

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Ballet Dancers always have slender bodies that are both strong and lean with lovely proportion and gorgeous body lines. One of the greatest secrets to a dancer's body is ballet conditioning which focuses on all muscle groups. In this unique program your muscles will work smoothly in unison to create a long streamlined silhouette with flat abs a lean lower body and beautifully defined curves. Moving gracefully and fluidly through this series of exercises you will strengthen and stretch your way to a dancers body. Elise Gulan has over 18 years in dance education including Ballet Pointe Tap and Jazz. She was a principal soloist for the Virginia Ballet Company where she danced for seven years appearing in productions such as Copelia Swan Lake and Nutcracker Suite. She brought her love of expression through movement to her new career as a certified personal trainer and instructor of Yoga Core Fusion® and Core Energy Flow®. Elise enjoys helping her students to find their inner strength and to energize their joy of life through physical and mental fitness.

Element is proud to support the Arbor Day Foundation. For every four ElementDVDs purchased a tree will be planted (up to 20000 trees annually). In addition to generating oxygen trees provide air pollution control and decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide levels thereby reducing global warming. www.arborday.org.

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The instructor, Elise, was kind enough to answer some questions from Amazon.com about the Element line of DVDs.

Why do you think the recent trend for women is to seek the dancer’s silhouette?

Elise: A dancer’s silhouette is the ideal physique for a woman today. It provides strength through lean, elegant, streamlined muscles. The strengthening of the dance conditioning movements will help melt away fat while creating lean musculature that is still feminine and graceful. The stretching element of dance creates length, not only in the muscles, but in the spine as well. Training with ballet conditioning will give a woman a strong, tall slender body.

How did you manage to create a ballet conditioning program that doesn’t use a barre or any other equipment?

Elise: I created a workout that uses the strength of the core to create balance and stability in the body. The sequences on this dvd are both accessible and challenging for anyone! Many ballet conditioning exercises actually don’t use the barre as a weight-bearing tool—it’s only for balance. In this DVD a beginner can use a chair to aid in balance, as they build core strength. A more advanced practitioner can do much of the series without the aid of a chair, simply by bracing the body with the strength of the abdominals, and a lifted, elongated spine.

Who is this workout good for?

Elise: This workout is amazing for women and men of all shapes and sizes! Ballet Conditioning uses one’s own body weight as resistance, so it is safe to do every day, for women AND men… from the strongest athlete, to the ultimate newcomer to fitness. It works to build strong, lean muscle, raise the heart-rate, and speed up metabolism. Dance also helps create rhythm, grace, and balance while building a supple flexible spine. .

What do you think consumers will find different about Element DVDs from other workout programs?

Elise: I know that consumers will enjoy the pure elegance of these DVDs. This is what truly sets the ‘element’ series apart from other brands of DVDs. The Element DVD’s encourage a solid mind/body connection, which encourages practitioners to explore their physical edge, while being truly mentally & emotionally present in the moment. These programs are fluid and graceful in their movement, and provide a HUGE physical fitness element in a nurturing and encouraging environment. .

Tell us about the connection with this DVD and the efforts to reduce global warming.

Elise: Element DVDs support the harmony of mind and body, which encourages a social and global awareness. This harmony encourages us to do what we can to make a difference in the world. For every four Element DVDs sold, a tree will be planted in a national forest. Consumers are therefore doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint, and the dangerous effects of global warming. If we work together, we can spread health and happiness one deep breath at a time.

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New York City Ballet: The Complete Workout, Vol. 1 and 2

Actor: New York City Ballet: Complete Workout
ASIN : B000HRMAR2
Sales Rank : 2992
Brand : UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION
Studio : Palm Pictures / Umvd
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0660200314828
UPC : 660200314828
Number Of Discs : 2
Release Date : December 07, 2006
Publisher : Palm Pictures / Umvd
Manufacturer : Palm Pictures / Umvd
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Label : Palm Pictures / Umvd
Running Time : 210

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A deluxe edition DVD set comprised of the best-selling fitness videos New York City Ballet Workout Volume 1 and 2. The videos are designed to help you develop the strength, grace and poise of a dancer. An excellent alternative to fast paced, high-energy workout routines, this unique exercise program balances art, life and fitness into the perfect workout for any age or fitness level. Whether you love ballet or are simply searching for an alternative workout regimen designed to produce a strong, graceful body, this program will deliver exceptional results.

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Gypsy

Actors: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce
ASIN : B00004RF86
Sales Rank : 2954
Director : Mervyn LeRoy
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790740096
ISBN : 0790740095
UPC : 853916755256
Release Date : December 02, 2000
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 143

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Everything comes up roses when you let Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden entertain you in the lavish movie musical of the Broadway hit about Gypsy Rose Lee and her formidable mother. Year: 1962 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden

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Widely considered, top to bottom, one of the finest musicals in Broadway history, Gypsy got lucky in its film version. Granted, Rosalind Russell doesn't have the bell-ringing voice one craves for in "Everything's Coming Up Roses," but as a domineering stage mom, she's truly fearsome. Trouping through vaudeville with her is her daughter, the future celebrity stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, played by Natalie Wood in all her youthful lusciousness. The production is studio-bound, but this actually fits the unreal show-biz world depicted. The Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim score has no weak spots, and some of the burlesque numbers ("Let Me Entertain You" and the riotous "You Gotta Get a Gimmick") are so authentic, you'd swear they were at least 100 years old. Gypsy is one of those big, somewhat stately musicals that does satisfying credit to its stage origins; no cinematic ground-breaking here, but a swell way to spend a rainy afternoon. --Robert Horton

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Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring The Rockettes

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Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)

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George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

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Barbie in The Nutcracker

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The Nutcracker / Baryshnikov, Kirkland, Charmoli

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Element: Ballet Conditioning

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New York City Ballet: The Complete Workout, Vol. 1 and 2

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New York City Ballet: Bringing Balanchine Back

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Gypsy

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