" Enchanting!" - Chicago Sun-Times
"A jewel of a documentary."
- Washington Post
"Dazzling, breathtaking!"
- Boston Globe
"A revelation!" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Dance aficionados will be sent over the moon!" - Chicago Tribune
"Highest rating! It’s like having a front row seat at some of the best ballet you’ll ever see. A superb, beautiful film." - KCBS Radio, San Francisco
"A perfect complement to Ballets Russes!" - Variety
"A surprisingly intimate portrait of what it means to be a ballerina...captures their fragility, and ferocity." - Time Out New York
"Elegant, gorgeous, graceful... Even those skeptical of ballet will likely be entranced. Mesmerizing!" - Washington City Paper
"Parts the curtain on a rarefied realm where the bodies of young girls are stretched, twisted and sent floating on air according to the dictates of a severe and beautiful cult."
- The New York Times
"Critic’s Pick! A striking lesson in ballet’s rigorous aesthetic alchemy." - Village Voice
Valery Gergiev and the Kirov: A Story of Survival by John Ardoin
Ballet's Magic Kingdom: Selected Writings on Dance in Russia, 1911-1925 by Akim Volynsky
Grace Under Pressure: Passing Dance Through Time by Barbara Newman
See details about this film's theatrical
run.
The Mariinsky Theatre official website
Dancer Diana Vishneva's official website
Dancer Svetlana Zakharova 's official website
Director Bertrand Normand's official website
Bonus materials:
- Photo Gallery
- Filmmaker Biography
- Dance Film Gallery
Format: DVD
Release Year: 2006
Running Time: 77 minutes
Color: Color
Language: Russian, English & French w/English subtitles
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