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Unidentified Russian Ballet - please help


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I just got a video file of a ballet from a friend. I (and she, also) have no idea what it is and we hope you can help us.

It is a russian production and with our limited ability to read the cyrillic alphabet we believe that it's called Lesnaya Skaska. The company seems to be Kirov. The composer could be named Farid Yarilin (but then again that might be wrong) and the choreographer could be named Leonida Yakovskona(???? maybe not again). It seems to have been made for the russian tv and the production values are very low.

It looks like a fairy tale, there is a forest and a village later on. We would appreciate any info you can give, especially regarding the plot.

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Thank you jose manuel!!! You have helped a lot!

We googled Shuraleh but all we have found is that the role was created by Dudinskaya and that various dancers (including Plisetchkaya) have danced it...

Also that there is a poem of that name in a Historical Anthology of Kazan Tatar Verse. But we found nothing about the plot. Does anyone know what it is about?

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Would that be the film with Terekhova?

We thought she looks a lot like Terekhova... and jumps like Terekhova ... and her first name is Tatiana. But then we read her last name as Bereshnaya (limited-cyrillic-reading-abilities, again) ...

We have not seen the whole ballet yet, just the credits to find out what it is . So it's a very nice surprise to find that one of our favorite dancers (Terekhova) is in it. :yahoo: Can't wait to see it...

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there is a sizeable entry on the ballet in the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DANCE, vol. 5, pp. 595-596.

Thank you rq, for taking the time to look up the ballet and reply! :yahoo:

Unfortunately we haven't got access to the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DANCE.

All we have is the web so if anyone can point us to a site (in English/French/Spanish/Greek), that would be most helpful...

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I just watched Lesnaya Skazka. The plot is typical ballet fare populated with bird-girls (with detachable wings), goblins and other magical creatures of the forest. A hunter comes to the forest, falls in love, saves the bird-girl and takes her back to his village (twice) and marries her amidst a lot of folk-style dancing.

The choreography is well crafted and pleasant, with many folk style elements. Among the most memorable scenes are the pdd between hunter and bird girl (also availlable with Plisetskaya in the Glory of the Bolshoi DVD) and the two final solos of bird-girl and hunter. Also very memorable is the scene with the Terekhova in the hands of the goblins. She is carried from goblin to goblin, raised above them, while they slither around her (kind of like Manon but definitely more creepy) My friend was more struck by a scene of Terekhova standing on a huge very fine silk carpet (looked like a scarf) Other dancers held the edges of and moved them up and down - the effect was one of revealing the bird-girl like a flower, again and again.

Terekhova and Budarin are wonderful, although the pdd with Plisetskaya was more spontaneous.

The director of the film however should be awarded the "Off with their heads! Queen of Hearts Award". If you belong to the unreasonable minority that insists on being able to see the dancer's feet and hands, this film will cure you! Heads are chopped off with such frequency you'll be grateful when only feet and hands are chopped off (that is, most of the time)... :rolleyes:

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