smitty1931 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I recently purchased this DVD BEL AIR BAC201 and was delighted with this seldom seen ballet. The production is lavish, the dancers first class (Zakharova and Filin) and the photography is excellent. I believe any ballet fan will enjoy this outstanding DVD. Link to comment
vrsfanatic Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Thanks smitty1931 for the heads up! I will look for it. Link to comment
rg Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 i'm not skilled in provided links to previous BT discussions but surely there have been any number of posts around the time of this DVD's release about this ballet and its filming in the Bolshoi Theater. others should be able to provide these links. Link to comment
James Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 i'm not skilled in provided links to previous BT discussions but surely there have been any number of posts around the time of this DVD's release about this ballet and its filming in the Bolshoi Theater. There's one here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.p...amp;mode=linear and here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=20668 and here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=20971 I wish I was as proficient at ballet dancing as at search engines... Link to comment
smitty1931 Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 i'm not skilled in provided links to previous BT discussions but surely there have been any number of posts around the time of this DVD's release about this ballet and its filming in the Bolshoi Theater. There's one here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.p...amp;mode=linear and here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=20668 and here : http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=20971 I wish I was as proficient at ballet dancing as at search engines... Thank you for the references. I looked them up and found them very interesting. Did you see the production when it played New York in 08? Smitty Link to comment
whetherwax Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I too have just bought this DVD and share your opinion of it, Smitty. I am really happy with it and would say that I have watched parts of it every day for a week. I know the music is not sublime but I must say bits of it continue to run through my brain. The dancing pleases me enormously and the whole ridiculous story is fun.. I would love to know more about the making of this version as the costuming and cast of thousands are a delight. My only regret is that I now have DVDs of all the big narrative ballets and despair that there will be no more.( Hoping that POB Raymonda this year will be good) Link to comment
smitty1931 Posted May 9, 2009 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 I too have just bought this DVD and share your opinion of it, Smitty. I am really happy with it and would say that I have watched parts of it every day for a week. I know the music is not sublime but I must say bits of it continue to run through my brain. The dancing pleases me enormously and the whole ridiculous story is fun.. I would love to know more about the making of this version as the costuming and cast of thousands are a delight. My only regret is that I now have DVDs of all the big narrative ballets and despair that there will be no more.( Hoping that POB Raymonda this year will be good) Thank you for backing up my judgment. I presume you own the POB PAQUITA with choreography by Lacotte and the delightful version of COPPELIA by the Australian Ballet. I thought the Bolshoi version of RAYMONDA was well danced. What a pity that so many fine ballets remain unrecorded. Smitty Link to comment
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