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Staged in honour of Rudolf Nureyev on the tenth anniversary of his death. Introduced by Makhar Vaziev, director of the Maryinsky Theatre. Ballet excerpts are performed by dancers from the Kirov Ballet, Paris...
Russian version of Much Ado About Nothing incorporating ballet and dance. Courtney Lehmann (op cit) writes: ‘This film is a curious hybrid that includes classical ballet interludes, a narrator figure who...
The Prokofiev ballet performed by the Bolshoi Ballet. Choreography by Yuro Grigorovich from original choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky. Irek Mukhamedov and Natalya Bessmertnova dance the title roles.
The Bolshoi Ballet dance Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Leonid Lavrosky. Prokofiev’s score is conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
Compilation of four television recordings, each c40mins, featuring Soviet ballerina Alla Osipenko. In cassette 1 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (c39min, b&w), a piece choreographed by Igor Cherenyshev to music by...
Three dances inspired by Shakespeare’s works danced by members of the Kirov Ballet and recorded on location at a medieval castle. The dances are linked by the framing device of a troupe of players. Romeo...
Mikhail Shapiro’s official 1966 film of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kiev are conducted by Konstantin Simeonov....
Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...
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