Nutcracker Sweeties

Synopsis

Nutcracker Sweeties is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s big band attack on Tchaikovsky. It portrays Broadway and America in the 1940s; full of humour, irony, commentary, swing and blues. The cast, dressed in an array of glamorous Jasper Conran costumes, includes pom-pom girls, drum majorettes, sailors, GIs and Candy Kane. David Bintley’s choreography is a catwalk of jazz styles. With its glamour-puss clothes and flashing neon set, Nutcracker Sweeties is imaginative, funny and visually irresistible.

Additional Info

• No: GBCRB0600345
• Composer: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
• Artists: Birmingham Royal Ballet
• Production year: 1997
• Run time: 00:36:00
• Director: Choreography: David Bintley
• Producers: A Dancelines Production for BBC / NVC Arts
• Format: HDTV