Essential Ballet: Kirov Ballet at Covent Garden, London and Gala Performance from Red Square, Moscow
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Brand: UniversalPerformer: Kirov Ballet
Performer: Kirov Orchestra
Performer: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Philips
Movie Reviews of Essential Ballet: Kirov Ballet at Covent Garden, London and Gala Performance from Red Square, Moscow
Movie Review: A common man's point of view.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's time for a new review of this ballet DVD, ESSENTIAL BALLET by the KIROV Ballet, NOT repeat, NOT, the American Ballet Theatre. The information on the product description is incorrect. (PS, I see they have corrected the discription of this "title" and no longer say it is performed by the ABT). The picture in the description IS of the KIROV BALLET. It is a very, very good mixed bill program with half of it performed at Covent Garden in London, England, with Princess Diana in attendence. She is shown during the performance, so that is a bonus for those of you who love HER.
The London performance includes: The Polonaise (no dancing) from EUGENE ONEGIN, the Polonaise and Mazurka from PAQUITA by children from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (fabulous), the Adagio from SWAN LAKE, the
adagio from THE LEAVES ARE FADING, the RUSSIAN DANCE from SWAN LAKE, the dance of the Mirlitons from THE NUTCRACKER by three adorable children from the Vaganova Ballet Acamemy, the pas de deux from DIANA AND ACTAEON, and the grand pas de deux from PAQUITA. One reviewer complained about the feet being cut out of the picture. Disregard that statement, please. Not one scene had the feet out of the picture, except during close-ups, of which there were only a few. It was well shot by the camera crew, who get the shots they are told to get by the producer (or the button pusher as I call them). Years and years ago I was a cameraman in a TV studio, so I know a bit about it. The camera operator does NOT choose how the picture is framed or at what angle it is shot. After the performance, Princess Diana is shown talking to the dancers backstage, but there is no dialogue.
The second half of the program includes dancers from the Kirov Ballet AND the Bolshoi Ballet. It is done at a later date from Red Square in Moscow on an outdoor stage. Again someone complained about the conditions during the taping. During the evening fog rolled in and onto the stage, but it did not distract hardly at all. It was well lit, and for an outdoor event the sound quality was good. The Moscow performance includes: the pas de deux from THE SLEEPING BEAUTY w/Nina Ananiashvili, the pas de deux from LA CORSAIRE, the pas de deux from act II of GISELLE, the pas de deux from ANIUTA w/Yekaterina Maximova and her husband Vladimir Vasiliev, the pas de deux from the FIREBIRD (the prince and the Firebird), THE DYING SWAN w/the fabulous Maya Plisetskaya, and closed with the grand pas de deux from DON QUIXOTE w/Nina Ananiashvili and company. Would you believe some reviewer even complained about Maya Plisetskaya dancing as she approached the age of seventy? I can tell you no one in Moscow complained. She is dearly loved by the Moscowvites, and most people the world over who know anything at all about her. By the way, she danced on stage on her eightieth birthday. If you can find this DVD, do yourself a huge favor and get it, but be sure and confirm from the dealer that it is the Kirov version and not the ABT version. They are two seperate DVDs, both of which are called ESSENTIAL BALLET.
Good viewing.......Richard.
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