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The Bolshoi Ballett - Glinka-Gounod-Tschaikowsky / PAUL CZINNER / GALINA ULANOVA - RAISA STRUCHKOVA - NIKOLAI FADEYECHEV 1956 / DANCE OF THE TARTARS FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHSARAI / PANISH DANCE FROM SWAN LAKE SPRING WATER / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 95 Minutes
UPC: 089948442691
- EAN: 0089948442691
- disk type: DVD
- age rating: 0
- editor: codeex
- Publication date: 09/28/2007
- Title in original language: The Bolshoi Ballet - Glinka/ Gounod/ Tchaikovsky
PAUL CZINNER'S
THE BOLSHOI BALLET
FEATURING
GALINA ULANOVA - RAISA STRUCHKOVA - NIKOLAI FADEYECHEV
1956
DANCE OF THE TARTARS FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHSARAI
SPANISH DANCE FROM SWAN LAKE SPRING WATER
POLONAISE AND CRACOVIENNE FROM IVAN SUSANIN WALPURGISNACHT FROM FAUST
THE DYING SWAN GISELLE (SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED)
"Irradiating the whole production was Ulanova's Giselle, a living, breathing character so totally and absolutely realized that one forgot completely that one was watching the greatest dancer of our time...
Because of Ulanova I can now believe in Nijinsky and Pavlova, whom I never saw. It isn't what she does on the stage, although everything she does has beauty; it is simply what she is." Mary Clarke - The Dance Times.
In the fall of 1956, the Bolshoi Ballet embarked on an historic first-ever tour of Great Britain. Thanks to the vision and dedication of film producer and director Paul Czinner, two complete programs given by
the company during this tour were preserved on film. They are a Bolshoi Highlights Program featuring Raisa Struchkova in the Walpurgisnacht from Gounod's Faust, and Galina Ulanova in The Dying Swan;
and a thrilling performance of Giselle with Ulanova and Nikolai Fadeyechev. Also included in the Highlights Program is the celebrated Spring Water pas de deux, set to music by Rachmaninoff and danced
with dazzling virtuosity by L. Bogomolova and S. Vlasova. In short, Czinner's keen artistic sense and desire to capture "as fully as possible the excitement of a live performance" make The Bolshoi Ballet one of the most important ballet films ever made.
AUDIO: Mono VIDEO: 4:3/Color/NTSC
REGION CODE: 0 (Playable All Regions)
SUBTITLES: None
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes
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