The Hard Nut
December 25, 2007
BEST NUTCRACKER
By: Viewers Choice on OvationTV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VOTES ARE IN!
VIEWERS’ CHOICE IN OVATION TV’S
‘BATTLE OF THE NUTCRACKERS’ IS …. MARK MORRIS’ THE HARD NUT
Viewers’ Choice Marathon on Christmas Eve
All Contenders Will be Presented in Christmas Day Marathon:
Productions by George Balanchine, Matthew Bourne, and the Bolshoi Ballet
Santa Monica, CA – December 23 – The viewers have voted and named Mark Morris’ The Hard Nut as the Viewers’ Choice during the recent first-ever television event “Battle of the Nutcrackers” on Ovation TV, the only network dedicated exclusively to art and personal creativity.
In this newly introduced holiday tradition, throughout the month of December four uniquely different interpretations of the holiday classic by Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky were presented on Ovation TV and viewers were invited to vote for their favorite. Viewers voted in large numbers at OvationTV.com, with voting ending December 19.
As the Viewers’ Choice, a Christmas Eve marathon of Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut will be presented Monday, December 24, 8 PM to 4 AM ET/PT (ending on Tuesday, December 25). On Christmas Day, all four wonderful productions will be presented back-to-back in a marathon from 8 AM to 4 AM ET/PT (ending on Wednesday, December 26) as a festive backdrop to holiday celebrations.
In addition to Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut, the participants in the television event were George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, and Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker.
Nutcracker is the magical love story of young Clara whose toy nutcracker transforms into a brave prince and takes her on a journey into the Land of Snow and Sweets on Christmas Eve. The production first premiered at the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersberg, Russia, in December 18, 1892 and has become a beloved holiday favorite around the world.
About Ovation TV: Originally launched in 1997, Ovation TV re-launched in June 2007 with a focus on entertaining, inspiring and engaging the artist in all of us. The 24-hour channel is the only television network devoted exclusively to art, personal creativity and making the arts more accessible to viewers in their daily lives. The network showcases the world’s greatest artists in theater, dance, opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, music, design, photography and architecture. Ovation TV reaches a national audience of nearly 16 million homes through its carriage on DIRECTV on Channel 274 and on cable systems in key markets across the country. The channel has master distribution agreements in place with most major cable operators. Ovation TV also features original programming, a multi-platform content strategy and partnerships with leading American cultural institutions and arts educational organizations. In August 2006 the network was acquired by Hubbard Media Group and a group of other private investors which includes Arcadia Investment Partners, Corporate Partners II, Perry Capital, and The Weinstein Company.
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Information:
Mark J. Kern, Ovation TV, 323.936.1055/310.430.7553, mkern@OvationTV.com
Melissa Goldberg, ForYourArt, 323.951.9790, OvationTV@foryourart.com
