- Format: Classical, Colour, Compilation, Dolby, DVD-Video, PAL
- Language English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Philips
- DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2001
- Run Time: 109 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000525KM
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 73,235 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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This interesting DVD consists of two parts. The first part ("Kirov Ballet at Covent Garden") is a very good gala performance of divertissements by the Kirov Ballet at the Royal Opera House (in the presence of the late Princess Diana) in 1992. It is conducted by Valery Gergiev. There are eight works in total. Larissa Lezhnina, fresh in her early career, in "Diana and Actaeon" is excellent, displaying her artistry. The young students from the Vaganova Academy are most charming in excerpts from Paquita (polonaise and mazurka) and The Nutcracker.
The programme also includes excerpts from Swan Lake (pas de deux and the Russian dance in Act 2), Paquita (Grand pas) and a polonaise (music only and not danced) from Act 3 of Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin. All of them are performed beautifully to the Mariinsky Theatre's high standard.
The second part ("Gala Performance in Red Square") also shows a high standard of dancing. It is another gala performance - this time on a temporary stage in Red Square in Moscow. Most of the dancers come from the Bolshoi Ballet (Ananiashvili, Ilse & Andris Liepa, Maximova, Vasiliev and Fadeyechev), with some others making guest appearances. The programme, consisting of seven items, includes excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Le Corsaire and Don Quixote. Maya Plisetskaya dances the Dying Swan solo with remarkable suppleness for her age. (She was in her 60s then!)
The recording is slightly marred by unsatisfactory camera work - frequent long-distance shots of the stage rather than focusing on the dancers at a shorter distance.
The programme also includes excerpts from Swan Lake (pas de deux and the Russian dance in Act 2), Paquita (Grand pas) and a polonaise (music only and not danced) from Act 3 of Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin. All of them are performed beautifully to the Mariinsky Theatre's high standard.
The second part ("Gala Performance in Red Square") also shows a high standard of dancing. It is another gala performance - this time on a temporary stage in Red Square in Moscow. Most of the dancers come from the Bolshoi Ballet (Ananiashvili, Ilse & Andris Liepa, Maximova, Vasiliev and Fadeyechev), with some others making guest appearances. The programme, consisting of seven items, includes excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Le Corsaire and Don Quixote. Maya Plisetskaya dances the Dying Swan solo with remarkable suppleness for her age. (She was in her 60s then!)
The recording is slightly marred by unsatisfactory camera work - frequent long-distance shots of the stage rather than focusing on the dancers at a shorter distance.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I saw this dvd lying in a Dutch apartment store, and not really wanting to buy it untill I spotted my favorite ballerina was also on it. Larissa Lezhnina in "Diana and Acteon" she's so beautiful. But she's not the only star on this DVD. So many. My favorite has to be "The Leaves Are Fading", "Diana and Acteon" and of course the Beautifully and powerful performance of the "Dying Swan" It's Sheer Brilliance and I Truly recommend it to anyone...
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
As I watched this DVD, at first I was impressed by the quality of the photography of the Convent Garden segment. As far as the dancing goes, Russian dancers lack 'soul'. All you see is dazzling technique. When I came to the Red Square segment, I was delighted to see a couple of French artists in their wonderful rendition of the Giselle pas de deux. I did not enjoy Pliesetskaya's Dying Swan. She was then approaching 70 in her years. She should have retired.
I was really incensed when the credits for the Red Square segment came up. There were these names: Julio Bocca, Eleanora Cassano, Vladimir Derevianko, Rose Gad, Noella Pontois & Lloyd Riggins. The final shots even showed these artists taking their bows, but their dance numbers are totally absent from this DVD. It was very insensitive of the producer of this DVD to have eliminated at least three dances, but showed just a glimpse of the six wonderful artists at curtain time. It's most annoying!!
Another annoying thing is: The picture on the cover shows a couple in the White Swan Pas de Deux. The female could have been Makhalina, but the male surely is not her partner in this DVD.
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