MJSoden

i recall that around the time of the docu's appearance, if mem. serves, that T. Legat had much to do w/ it - she's certainly in it, so i would suspect she has a good copy herself.

I'll certainly ask. Thank you everyone for the info/feedback

some of the above vids are still available, and are sometimes offered for sale 'used'.

why not have your girlfriend try to locate t.legat and ask about obtaining a copy of the docu.?

We've found Legat and are in the process of drafting a letter to be translated. Caitlin insists that Madame won't have the Documentary but will probably have a lot of the other vids.

That could solve half the problem- the other half would be seeing the documentary

if it's performance segments of soloviev's dancing being sought, the following, all of which may be familiar, films are on videos which were commercially released:

NB: the last named filming of GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE comes from soviet television program (sometimes circulated as an off-the-air video cassette but which has not been released commercially, to the best of my information, either in or outside russia). this program also included Blue Bird Pas de Deux, Flower Festival pas de deux, La Bayadere (excerpt) and Sleeping Beauty pas de deux.

the list below is from the NYPL cataloguing, other excerpts might also be on the market in video/dvd compilations as well.

The magic of the Kirov / produced for the Entertainment Video Company by Gosteleradio ; video concept, Christopher Peers ; UK editor, Clement Crisp. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 1989, c1988. (60 min.) : sd., col.

Danced by the Kirov Ballet.

**The sleeping beauty: Act II, scene 1, the vision [excerpt] (ca. 5 1/2 min.) / recorded in 1976 ; choreography, Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Irina Kolpakova, Yuri Soloviev, and others.

**The sleeping beauty: Act III, grand pas de deux [excerpts] (ca. 4 1/2 min.) / recorded in 1976 ; choreography, Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Irina Kolpakova and Yuri Soloviev.

The sleeping beauty / Lenfilm Studios ; directed by Apollinari Dudko and Konstantin Sergeyev ; choreography by Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev ; music by Peter Tchaikovsky.

U.S.S.R. : Lenfilm Studios, 1964 ; [u.S.] : Corinth Films, c1990 ; W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur. (84 min.) : sd., col.

Notes :Motion picture originally released by Lenfilm Studios in 1964; re-issued as a videotape in 1990 by Corinth Films, Inc.

Libretto, Konstantin Sergeyev, Iosif Shapiro ; scenery, T. Vasilkovskaya, V. Nlitko, E. Yakuba ; photography, A. Nazarov.

Performed by the Kirov Ballet and students of the Vaganova Choreographic School.

Alla Sizova (Aurora); Yuri Soloviev (Désiré); Natalia Dudinskaya (Carabosse); Irina Bazhenova (Lilac fairy); Kaleria Fedicheva, Inna Korneyeva, Ludmila Kovaleva, Emma Minchenok, N. Sakhnovskaya (fairies); Natalia Makarova (Princess Florine); Valeri Panov (Blue bird); G. Kekisheva (white cat); O. Kuznetsov (Puss-in-boots); others.

Conductors: B. Khaikin, Y. Gamalei.

Russian ballet, the glorious tradition. Volume three / Telecompany Ostankino [and] Val G. Productions, Ltd.

Fort Lee, NJ : Video Artists International, c1993, 1940-1993. (67 min.) : sd., col. and b&w

**Grand pas classique (b&w) / recorded in 1974 ; choreography, Victor Gsovsky ; music, Daniel Auber ; danced by Gabriella Komleva and Yuri Soloviev.

How would one get their hands on any of these performance segments? Any and all? What dancer doesn't appreciate Rudy, Misha and now (for me especially) Soloviev? Gosh... for the 60's, I'm just amazed. I've read so many legends and to finally see him... I've gotta see more.

Thanks for the information. I'm really just looking for a direction to go with searching for this Documentary. I don't mind doing some uncovering or making phone calls. I think it's vital to understanding the evolution of the male dancer to know as much about him as I can. Thank you!

Hello everyone!

My girlfriend and I are looking for a documentary about Yuri Soloviev.

The title is, "I'm Tired of Living In My Native Land". I've only found small clips on youtube and else where of him. As a male dancer, I'm extremely interested in seeing more footage of him, particularly this footage. My girlfriend was trained by Madame Legat, Soloviev's widow. At any rate, if anyone has an idea about how to obtain/view this doc... I'd be absolutely thrilled!

So far I've found the distributor, and the producer's name

Producer: Galina Mshankaya

Distrib: Russian State Tele-Radio Company