Scene from: Ballet Favourites
Composer: Minkus, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Hérold, Adam, Britten
Conductor:
Ballet Favourites features many stunning ballet sequences on one DVD. This spectacular compilation showcases the talent of many of the greatest dancers of recent years, filmed at the world's leading venues, and combines the remarkable athleticism of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Wayne Eagling with the beauty and elegance of Irina Kolpakova, Darcey Bussell and many more ...
Some of the complete ballets from which these extracts are taken have been re-released by Warner Music Entertainment / NVC ARTS. These include: The Royal Ballet's La Fille mal gardée, The Nutcracker , Romeo and Juliet and The Prince of the Pagodas; The Kirov Ballet's Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty; American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote, and The Paris Opera Ballet's La Bayadère.
Contents:
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Cynthia Harvey / American Ballet Theatre
DON QUIXOTE - ACT ONE Music: Ludwig Minkus, Choreography: Mikhail Baryshnikov
Irina Kolpakova / The Kirov Ballet
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - THE GARLAND WALTZ, THE ROSE ADAGIO
Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky, Choreography: Marius Petipa
Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling / The Royal Ballet
ROMEO AND JULIET - DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS, JULIET'S BEDROOM PAS DE DEUX Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Brian Shaw / The Royal Ballet
LA FILLE MAL GARDEÉ - THE CLOG DANCE, THE MAYPOLE DANCE
Music: Ferdinand Hérold, Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Galina Mezentseva and Konstantin Zaklinsky / The Kirov Ballet
GISELLE - THE MAD SCENE, MYRTHA AND THE WILIS Music: Adolphe Adam, Choreography: Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell / The Royal Ballet
THE NUTCRACKER - VARIATIONS AND GRAND PAS Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Lev Ivanov and Peter Wright
Paris Opera Ballet Corps de Ballet / The Paris Opera Ballet
LA BAYADERE - THE KINGDOM OF SHADES Music: Ludwig Minkus,
Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev
Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope / The Royal Ballet
THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS - ACT III PAS DE DEUX Music: Benjamin Britten,
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Catalogue: 9031714902