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Title

Bolshoi Ballet [videorecording] / Mosfilm ; directed by Leonid Lavrovsky and Alexander Shelenkov ; choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky.

Publication

U.S. : Kultur, c1966.

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Additional Authors

• Sorokina, Nina
• Samokhvalova, Maĭ︠i︡a
• Struchkova, Raisa
• Simachev, Anatoli
• Osipenko, Alla
• Levashev, Vladimir, 1923-
• Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail
• Maksimova, Ekaterina
• Kholina, Elena A.
• Grigoriev, ︠I︡Uriĭ
• Kasatkina, Natali︠i︡a
• Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941-
• Lavreniuk, Aleksandr, 1939-
• Timofeeva, Nina Vladimirovna, 1935-
• Sekh, ︠I︡Aroslav, 1930-
• Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Gennadiĭ.
• Reentovich, ︠I︡Uliĭ Markovich, 1914-
• Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967.
• Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
• Shelenkov, Aleksandr.
• Carroll, Sidney.
• Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet.
• Moscow. Bolshoi Theater. Ballet School.
• Moskovska︠i︡a kinostudi︠i︡a "Mosfilʹm."
• Kultur International Films.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

A behind-the-scenes look at the classroom training of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet School and rehearsals of the Bolshoi Ballet solo artists and corps de ballet. Includes solo excerpts from Giselle, Act I; Laurencia; Don Quixote; and The dying swan. Lengthier ballet segments include Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales, Paganini, Ravel's Bolero, and The stone flower.

Uniform Title

• Paganini (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
• Stone flower (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Alternative Title

Bolshoi Ballet '67

Note

• A Mosfilm production made in 1964. English version presented in the U.S. in 1966 by Paramount Pictures under title: Bolshoi Ballet '67.

Credits (note)

• Scenario, Leo Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky, Alexander Shelenkov; camera, Alexander Shelenkov, Iolanda Chen; art direction, E. Korablev; sets, A. Parkhomenko; costumes, A. Dandurian; costumes for the ballet Paganini, V. Ryndina; lighting, N. Spiridonova; narration written by Sidney Carroll.

Performer (note)

• Narrator: Ariane.

Contents

• Dance excerpts: Ravel's Waltzes [Valses nobles et sentimentales] / danced by Natalia Bessmertnova, Mikhail Lavrovsky, others.
• Giselle [excerpt from Act I peasant pas de deux] / danced by Nina Sorokina.
• Laurencia [excerpt] / danced by Nina Timofeeva.
• Don Quixote [Act I? variation] / danced by Maia Samokhvalova.
• Paganini [excerpts] / danced by Yaroslav Sekh, Ekaterina Maximova, others.
• Bolero [excerpts] / danced by Elena Kholina, Alexander Lavreniuk, others.
• Dying swan / danced by Alla Osipenko.
• Stone flower [excerpts] / danced by Raissa Struchkova, Yuri Grigoriev, Vladimir Levashev, Natalia Kasatkina, Anatoli Simachev, others.
• Swan lake. Act II, cygnets' quartet.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6765

Title

Bolshoi Ballet [videorecording] / Mosfilm ; directed by Leonid Lavrovsky and Alexander Shelenkov ; choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky.

Imprint

U.S. : Kultur, c1966.

Credits

Scenario, Leo Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky, Alexander Shelenkov; camera, Alexander Shelenkov, Iolanda Chen; art direction, E. Korablev; sets, A. Parkhomenko; costumes, A. Dandurian; costumes for the ballet Paganini, V. Ryndina; lighting, N. Spiridonova; narration written by Sidney Carroll.

Performer

Danced by the Bolshoi Ballet Company and students of the Moscow Choreographic School.

Music performed by the Bolshoi Theater Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television, conducted by G. Rozhdestvensky; and by the Violin Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theater, conducted by Y. Reentovich.

Narrator: Ariane.

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Bolshoi Ballet '67.

Added Author

Sorokina, Nina, dancer.

Samokhvalova, Maĭ︠i︡a, dancer.

Struchkova, Raisa, dancer.

Simachev, Anatoli, dancer.

Osipenko, Alla, dancer.

Levashev, Vladimir, 1923- dancer.

Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail, dancer.

Maksimova, Ekaterina, dancer.

Kholina, Elena A., dancer.

Grigoriev, ︠I︡Uriĭ, dancer.

Kasatkina, Natali︠i︡a, dancer.

Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941- dancer.

Lavreniuk, Aleksandr, 1939- dancer.

Timofeeva, Nina Vladimirovna, 1935- dancer.

Sekh, ︠I︡Aroslav, 1930- dancer.

Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Gennadiĭ. Conductor

Reentovich, ︠I︡Uliĭ Markovich, 1914- Conductor

Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967. drt, choreographer.

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Composer

Shelenkov, Aleksandr. Director

Carroll, Sidney.

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet.

Moscow. Bolshoi Theater. Ballet School.

Moskovska︠i︡a kinostudi︠i︡a "Mosfilʹm."

Kultur International Films.

Added Title

Bolshoi Ballet '67 [videorecording]

Paganini (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Stone flower (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6765