Product Details

• Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Video Artists Int'l
• VHS Release Date: March 30, 1999
• Run Time: 63 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6303196047
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,305 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expert Dancing Expertly Taped, June 28, 2000

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Deborah Brooks (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: International Stars 3 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Nina Ananiashvili is one of today's top ballerinas , performing regularly with both the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. She appears in this performance with one of her usual partners, Aleksai Fadeechev of the Bolshoi. The other international stars are: Darci Kistler (New York City Ballet), Tatiana Terekhova, Andris Liepa (Kirov Ballet); Rose Gad (Royal Danish Ballet); Irina Dorofeeva and Vadim Pisarev (Dusseldorf Ballet); Elisabeth Patel and Nicolas Le Riche (Paris Opera Ballet).

The opening piece is the classic "Pas de Quatre," danced, as in the original, by ballerinas of different nationalities and styles. With one exception, the rest of the program consists of 19th century pas de deux (Raymonda, Satanella, Grand Pas Classique).

This Japanese production was taped in Tokyo. There are no sets, and the camera work is the best type for viewing classical ballets. There are very few camera angle changes, and the dancers are consistently shown full view. In other words, there's nothing to distract you from concentrating on the dancing.

Also see the other three volumes of "Nina Ananiashvili and International Ballet Stars," as well as the "Russian Ballet: The Glorious Tradition" series.