Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Tschaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has become the most famous stage production of the ballet performed in the U.S. (Mikhail Baryshnikov's production is the most famous television version, although it too originated onstage.) The Balanchine Nutcracker uses the plot of the Alexandre Dumas, père, version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816). Its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by Karinska and sets by Horace Armistead. It has been staged in New York every year since 1954, and many other productions throughout the United States either imitate it, or directly use the Balanchine staging. However, although the Balanchine Nutcracker is often cited as being the production that made the ballet famous in the U.S., it was William Christensen's 1944 production for the San Francisco Ballet which first introduced the complete work to the United States.. }
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- The_Nutcracker_(Balanchine) abstract "Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Tschaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker has become the most famous stage production of the ballet performed in the U.S. (Mikhail Baryshnikov's production is the most famous television version, although it too originated onstage.) The Balanchine Nutcracker uses the plot of the Alexandre Dumas, père, version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816). Its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center, New York, with costumes by Karinska and sets by Horace Armistead. It has been staged in New York every year since 1954, and many other productions throughout the United States either imitate it, or directly use the Balanchine staging. However, although the Balanchine Nutcracker is often cited as being the production that made the ballet famous in the U.S., it was William Christensen's 1944 production for the San Francisco Ballet which first introduced the complete work to the United States.".