by Julia Guiheen | Dec 18, 2019 | Everything Nutcracker, TBT
On December 18, 1965, The Bell Telephone Hour broadcast a Christmas special featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Melissa Hayden and Jacques d’Amboise. The pair performed the Snow Pas de Deux from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, choreographed by...
by Julia Guiheen | Jan 3, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
“The Bell Telephone Hour” TV program broadcasted performances of world-class music, opera and ballet to millions of Americans throughout the 1960s. Many of the dance world’s biggest stars frequently appeared on the program. In a 1961 Shakespeare...