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The Bolshoi Ballet in the park. The sleeping beauty : Pas de deux / Divertissements :

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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:Petipa, Marius,
Corporate Authors: Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet (Performer), Orchestra of London (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, Lushin, S. (Stanislav) (Director), Kopylov, Aleksandr (Conductor), Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Format: Video
Language:No linguistic content
Published: Berlin : C Major Entertainment, 1986.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Ballets > Excerpts.
Ballets > Extraits.
Ballets > Excerpts
excerpts.
Excerpts
Filmed ballets
Filmed ballets.
Excerpts.
Ballets filmés.
Extraits.
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).
Written in 1889.
Physical Description:1 online resource (18 minutes)
Playing Time:00:18:00
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.