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kobvindex_ZLB14018504
Format:
1 DVD (ca. 118 Min.) : s/w und Farbe
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Bildformat: 16:9 Letterbox ; PAL
Content:
The history of Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, founded in 1932 after the death of Diaghilev in 1929. It depicts its initial success, a break-up of the company into two separate entities (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Original Ballet Russe), their escape to the US after the breakout of the World War II, their major success there - including interviews with former leading dancers, including Alicia Markova, Nathalie Krassovska, Irina Baronova and George Zoritch, interspersed with many photos and archive film clips. "Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have fashioned a dazzling and entrancing ode to the revolutionary 20th-century dance troupes that performed under the Ballets Russes banner. Ballets Russes maps the Diaghilev-era beginnings in turn-of-the-century Paris̶when artists such as Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Matisse and Stravinsky united in an unparalleled collaboration̶to the halcyon days in the 1930s and '40s, when the Ballets Russes astonished American audiences with artistry never before seen, to the 1950s and '60s when rising costs, rocketing egos, outside competition and internal mismanagement brought the last of the revered Ballets Russes companies to its knees. Directed with consummate invention and infused with juicy anecdotal interviews from many of the companies' glamorous stars, Ballets Russes treats audiences to a rare glimpse of the remarkable dancers, choreographers, composers and designers who transformed the face of dance for generations to come." (Zeitgeist Video)
Note:
Ländercode: 2
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Special features: Dancer beginnings; Ballets russes collaborators; Inside The rehearsal studio; Behind The velvet curtain; Extra archival footage; Photo gallery
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Engl.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ballets Russes
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Geschichte
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video
