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vg_ford ([personal profile] vg_ford) wrote2009-12-04 10:59 am
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(advent) December 4th

Today's is Friday, and I thought for Fridays, I'd do something a wee bit different. One thing that was a firm tradition in our household growing up, and that was that we HAD to sit down, as a family (okay, Mom and the girls usually, although Glenn didn't complain TOO much) and watch The Nutcracker with Baryshnikov and Kirkland, first on PBS, then on our VHS player. So for the Fridays in December, I'm going to share some of my favorite scenes from this lovely, lovely ballet. (And yes, I would watch Baryshnikov tie his shoelaces. Or wake across a street. The man can MOVE.)

Today is the pas de deux from the beginning of the ballet, right after Clara kills the Mouse King.




*sigh* I'll be in my bunk.

[identity profile] vg-ford.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I can remember my mother getting to the point (and she LOVES this ballet) when her eyes would cross when I asked for it. :)

I just put it on my Wish List at Amazon (yay, not out of print!) and will be pointing Hubby that way. As a subtle hint, you know.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey now there's an idea. Maybe I could get it for my kids! (We borrowed it from the library)

[identity profile] vg-ford.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's on sale right now - only $20.96 for the DVD. It would be an AWESOME Santa gift! :D