Title from disc. "Bessmertnova, Maximova, Mukhamedov, Plisetskaya, Semenova, Ulanova, Vasiliev"--Container. "Sequence of solos: Le Corsaire, Laurensia, Don Quixote; Spartacus (excerpts); Shuraleh (pas de deux); Etude; The Fountain of Bakhchiserai (excerpts); The Flames of Paris (pas de deux); Ravel Waltes; Paganini (excerpt); The Little Humpbacked Horse." Natalia Bessmertnova, Vakhtang Chaboukiani, Ekaterina Geltzer, Musa Gottlieb, Pyotr Gusev, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Maris Liepa, Ekaterina Maximova, Asaf Messerer, Irek Mukhamedov, Maya Plisetskaya, Marina Semenova, Vasili Tikhomirov, Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Vasiliev.
Contents:
Les Sylphides (Waltz) -- Moment Musical (pas de deux) -- Moszkowski Waltz -- Swan Lake (White Swan pas de deux) -- Swan Lake (Black Swan pas de deux) -- Ribbon Dance -- Boston Waltz -- The Nutcracker (pas de trois) -- The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy solo).
Summary:
During the Bolshoi Ballet's first tours abroad in the mid-20th century, Western audiences were brought to their feet by the Bolshoi style-thrilling athleticism that never lost the essential beauty of the dance. Five years research in Russia's film archives has unearthed fascinating footage, much of it never before available in the West, of many of the company's great dancers.
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