Great Performances - Season 39 Episode 3: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet
2011-12-16
- Comedy / Documentary / Drama
John Neumeier -- director and chief choreographer for Hamburg Ballet -- blends dance, dramatic storytelling and spectacle into a unique interpretation of a classic Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. With choreography, sets, costumes, and lighting, all by Neumeier, this ballet—as much theater as it is dance—takes the dancers into deep emotional terrain..
