Diaghilev, Cocteau - Picasso and Dance / Paris Opera Ballet
by Didier Baussy, Yvon G?rault
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Actor: Elisabeth Maurin, Fabrice Bourgeois, Fran?oise Legr?e, Kader Belarbi, Nicholas La RicheDirector: Didier Baussy, Yvon G?rault
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Diaghilev, Cocteau - Picasso and Dance / Paris Opera Ballet
Movie Review: Had hoped for more
Summary: 4 Stars
Very attractive performances of the Blue Train (24m of amusing "fluff") and the Three-Cornered Hat (37m). The latter is the star of the show with De Falla's music and Picasso's designs for the stage curtain, costumes and sets - recreated by the Paris ballet. Picasso had nothing to do with the Blue Train except that a picture of his was used for the curtain. Since the main reason I bought the DVD was for the Picasso connection I would have liked to have a more appropriate 2nd illustration, if such is available, and more of the very interesting documentation (20m). I really like what Picasso did for the Three-Cornered Hat but I do feel a bit "short changed".
Summary of Diaghilev, Cocteau - Picasso and Dance / Paris Opera Ballet
Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets including Parade, Pulcinella and L'Apr?s-midi d'un Faune, in collaboration with such artists as Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, L?onide Massine and Vaslav Nijinsky. Le Train Bleu dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train): Scenario by Jean Cocteau, Music by Darius Milhaud. Perlouse: ?lisabeth Maurin, The Handsome Youth: Nicholas Le Riche, The Tennis Champion: Clotilde Vayer, The Golfer: Laurent Qu?val. Le Train Bleu is an operetta dans? of a chic and flippant society. Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario, mockingly celebrates the cult of open air life, fine bodies and sport. The dances are inspired by golf, tennis, swimming and acrobatics. Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat): Libretto by Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Music by Manuel De Falla, Choreography by L?onide Massine, Stage Curtain, Sets & Costumes by Pablo Picasso. The Miller: Kader Belarbi, The Miller's Wife: Fran?oise Legr?e, Magistrate: Fabrice Bourgeois. Le Tricorne is Spanish from start to finish. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, created sets, costumes, and a stage curtain, which evokes the atmosphere of the ballet by means of a typically Spanish scene. The story, told with humour and warmth, is of a miller's wife, her jealous husband and a senile magistrate by whom she is pursued. An accompanying documentary, The Story of a Marriage, traces the story of Picasso's involvement with designs for ballet. Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Conducted By David Coleman. Special Feature: Directed by Yvon Gerault, The Story Of A Marriage, A film by Didier Baussy-Oulianoff, produced and narrated by Robin Scott. With rare photographs and archive footage, this documentary traces the story of Picasso's collaboration with, among others, Diaghilev, Cocteau and Massine, and of his designs for the ballet, from 1917 to 1924, inspired by his Russian wife, Olga Koklova. Program language English, with subtitles in English / French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Spanish / Japanese.Educational DVD Video
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