The Nutcracker with Mikhail Baryshnikov

First seen by many on PBS, this version of +The Nutcracker from the American Ballet Theatre was shot in 1977 and features legendary ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. With music by the National Philharmonic, the program was directed by Tony Charmoli and features Gelsey Kirkland as Clara and Alexander Minz as Drosselmeier., The fairy-tale ballet about a girl’s fanciful dream on Christmas Eve is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and the American Ballet Theatre. The 1977 production marked Baryshnikov’s choreographic debut.