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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 47 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
The film is made as a concert which is composed of unique fragments of dances from the famous performances of the great ballet dancers of the XX century, who brought fame to the Bolshoi theatre. The film depicts stories about their creative activities. One could see Ann Pavlova in the dance "The Dying swan, Sulamifj Messerer and Asaf Messerer in the dances specially staged for them, Marina Semenova in the Swan lake, Olga Lepeshinskaya and Peter Gusev, Galina Ulanova in Romeo and Juliette" and Zhizelj, Vachtang Chabukiani and Natalia Dudinskaya in Bayadere , "Otello, and "Laurencia. Maja Plicetskaya in Laurencia, "Don Quixot, and "Karmen. Ekaterina Maksimova and Vladimir Vasiljev in Spartak as well as the performances staged specially for Igor Beljsky, Nina Ananishvili and Alex Fadeichev, Nadezhda Gracheva in Bayadere. All the above names are the pride and legends of Russian ballet.
Originally produced by Monarch Films in 2005.