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ballet


compilations or telecasts
starring various artists:


The Astonishing Moiseyev
Dance Co., Vol 1 & 2


Moiseyev: His World of Dance

Vincente Fernández Flamenco Co.
From Granada to Jerez

Art of the Pas de Deux

 all-star compliation
Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. 2
all-star compilation
Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. 3
all-star compilation

Pas de Deux
McBride, Olsen, others

Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol 1 & 2

Great Stars of Russian Ballet, Vol. 3 & 4

Stars of the Russian Ballet
Ulanova, Plisetskaya,
Sergeyev, Zhdanov

Nina Ananiashvili
& Int'l Stars, Vol. 1


Nina AnaniashviliI
& Int'l Stars, Vol. 2


compilations
& documentary
- alphabetically by artist:

Alonso
, Alicia
Prima Ballerina Assoluta

Bruhn, Erik
Bell Telephone Hour

Bujones, Fernando
with Cynthia Gregory, Live

Chauviré
, Yvette
France's Ballerina Assoluta

d’Amboise
, Jacques
Portrait of a Great
American Dancer

Fracci,
Carla
An Evening with

Gregory,
Cynthia
with Fernando Bujones, Live

Limón
, José
Three Modern Ballets

Loudières, Monique
Comme les Oiseaux - A Portrait

Malakhov, Vladimir
True Prince

Maximova, Ekaterina
Katia & Volodia

Nureyev
, Rudolph
Bell Telephone Hour

Plisetskaya, Maya

Plisetskaya Dances

with Vasiliev,
Begak, Liepa
Swan Lake
with Bogatirev
The Seagull
with Bogatirev

A Portrait


Tallchief, Maria
Art of

Vasiliev, Vladimir
Katia & Volodia

Verdy,
Violette

Violette & Mr. B.
The Artist Teacher

Alphabetically by Ballet


Anna Karenina

Plisetskaya, Godunov
Anna Karenina
Plisetskaya, Petukhov,

Anyuta
Maximova, Vasiliev

Le Baiser de la Fée
Yatsenko, Malakhov

Carmen Suite Ballet
Plisetskaya, Fadeyechv,
Radchenko

Checkmate
Barbieri, Ashmole, Bintley,
others

Cinderella
Fonteyn, Somes,
Ashton, MacMillan

Don Quixote
Ananiashvili, Fadeyechev
Don Quixote
Pavlova, Gordeev. others

Enchantress, The
Zyryanova, Stepanov, Korzhakova,
Valyuta

Excelsior
Fracci, Bortoluzzi, Razzi, Telloli

Gaîté Parisienne
Danilova, Franklin, Danielian


Gayne
Tuisova, Rumyantsev

Giselle
Kain, Augystyn

Giselle
Nureyev, Fracci
Giselle
Alonso, Vasiliev

Little Humpbacked Horse, The
Plisetskaya, Vasiliev

Lieutenant Kijé
Vasiliev, Struchkova

Marco Spada
Nureyev, Thesmar

Masquerade
Dolgushin, Smirnova, others

Mediterranea
Murro, Sutera, Carbone

Petrushka
Semenyaka, Elagin

Rakes Progress
Morse, Katrak, Reeder, others

Raymonda
Kolpakova, Berezhnoi

Rite of Spring
Galimullin, Tsoi

Romeo and Juliet
Maximova, Vasiliev
Romeo and Juliet
Ulanova, Zhdanov

Seagull
Plisetkskaya, Bogatirev

Sleeping Beauty
Nureyev, Tennant

Sleeping Beauty

Fonteyn, Somes, Ashton

Spartacus
Vasiliev, Bessmertnova, Liepa
Spartacus
Vasiliev, Maximova, Liepa

Stone Flower
Maximova, Vasiliev

Swan Lake
Ananiashvili, Fadeyechev
Swan Lake
Plisetskaya, Fadeyechev

Swan Lake
Plisetskaya, Bogatirev

Massine's Symphonie Fantastique
starring:
Erik Bruhn, Toni Lander,
and Stanley Williams
Royal Danish Ballet, 1948


Trapeze / Fragments of a Biography
Maximova, Vasiliev, Liepa,
Timofeyeva, Aleksei Fadeyechev,
and others.

 

Gaîté Parisienne (1954)
VAI, DVD 4384, $34.95

A film by Victor Jessen (1954)Alexandra Danilova • Frederic Franklin • Leon Danielian and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

The legendary “in-house” filming of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, shot and edited by Victor Jessen, is now available on DVD, with fascinating bonus features. The ballet stars Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, and Leon Danielian. DVD extras include audio commentary by Franklin, optional explanatory subtitles which identify many of the dancers in the ensemble, an interview with Frederic Franklin, a documentary titled “The Saga of Victor Jessen,” and a complete list of the ballet productions filmed by Jessen. B&W (feature) / Color (bonus segments), 87 min.

“ I simply wanted,” Victor Jessen once said, “to make a permanent record on film of some of the most important works of the most perfect living art: The Dance.” To service this obsession, he mostly abandoned his job as an engineer in Los Angeles to film the great ballet companies of the age in theaters around the country.

Over a ten-year period beginning in the mid-1940s, he would enter dressed all in black, camera hidden in a briefcase and pockets stuffed with film magazines. His 16mm camera required rewinding every thirty seconds, and so he had to return repeatedly to fill in gaps. In all, he recorded twenty-four complete dance works and substantial portions of nine more.

In 1954, in a caper he called “The Ultimate Daring,”Jessen lugged a bulky tape recorder into one theater, plugged it into a light socket, and recorded the music from a Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of Léonide Massine’s comedy ballet, Gaîté Parisienne. He then laboriously edited his footage to this recording and created the remarkable film presented on this DVD. It shows the company featured on the brilliant and affecting 2005 documentary,Ballets Russes, in top form, performing one of its most popular ballets led by the legendary Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, and Leon Danielian.

Special Features
• Audio commentary by Frederic Franklin
• Explanatory subtitles
• Interview with Frederic Franklin
• Documentary: The Saga of Victor Jessen • List of productions filmed by Victor Jessen

AUDIO: Mono
VIDEO: 1.33:1; Black & White
REGION CODE: Open All Regions
SUBTITLES: English (explanatory subtitles) PROGRAM LENGTH: 87 minutes:
37 minutes (Gâité Parisienne)
50 minutes (Special Features)

 

 

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