The Bolshoi Ballet in the park. Les sylphides (Chopiniana) /

Bolshoi is Russian for great, an often over-worked adjective, but in the case of the Bolshoi Ballet, it is a worthy description of the world's most famous ballet company. On this tour to the UK, the Bolshoi proved that it is a company of absolutes, in flamboyance and daring, brilliance and tech...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Corporate Authors:	Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet (Performer), Orchestra of London (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors:	Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936 (arranger of music.), Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, Lushin, S. (Stanislav) (Director), Kopylov, Aleksandr (Conductor), Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Format:	Video
Language:	No linguistic content
Published:	Berlin : C Major Entertainment, 1986.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Ballets. Ballets Filmed ballets Filmed ballets. Ballets filmés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Bolshoi is Russian for great, an often over-worked adjective, but in the case of the Bolshoi Ballet, it is a worthy description of the world's most famous ballet company. On this tour to the UK, the Bolshoi proved that it is a company of absolutes, in flamboyance and daring, brilliance and technical execution; and these triumphant qualities are captured for posterity in a divertissement programme which shows off the Bolshoi's top ranking soloists at their bravura best.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed February 23, 2022).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (32 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:31:10
Production Credits:	Director, Stanislav Lushin ; artistic director and chief choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich ; lighting, Herman Stepanyan ; produced by BBC TV and the Entertainment Corporation Concerts and Arts Ltd in association with NVC Arts.