Product Details

• Actors: Delvedez, Les Premiers Danseurs & Corps De Ballet, Letestu, Martinez, Paquette
• Directors: Caiozzi
• Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (PCM)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, Italian
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Arthaus Musik
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001LHMWPW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,354 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A rechoreographed Paquita, February 16, 2009

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Jose Brito (Estoril,Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Minkus: Paquita (DVD)

Extremely enjoyable,Martinez and Letestu seem to enjoy every step of this beautifully rechoreographed ballet,following the "esprit de l'époque",by Pierre Lacotte who pays a tribute to Petipa whose original choreography had survived only in the "grand pas ". The music score is as light as a bird singing,so being a powerful anti-depressive musical medicine!Thanks to the devotion of this unique choreographer who revives and gives back to the stages forgotten ballets,we have for instance Coppelia,La Fille du Pharaon(a jewel!) La Sylphide( music by Schneitzhoeffer and inspired by the one Filippo Taglioni created for his daughter Maria Taglioni,four years before Bournonville would choreograph a second La Sylphide,this time on Lovenskiold's music),Ondine(yet to be released by the Kirov,God knows when)and several others he did for various Opera Houses and are not on DVD.
In order to compare Lacotte's Grand Pas with the original (Petipa) buy the Kirov Classics and watch last item - Paquita's Grand Pas,danced by Igor Zelensky,Yulia Makhalina and Larissa Lezhnina - absolutely outstanding.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars waited long for the complete ballet, December 4, 2010

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jim meyer (GLENDALE, CA, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Minkus: Paquita (DVD)

After years of only the grand pdd it was a great surprise to see the whole ballet.The french opera ballet made it a delight. I liked the second act best, the corps de ballet was great. Hope to get more of these surprises

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A common man's point of view., October 14, 2011

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Richard Rawls "Richard Ardle Rawls" (Dublin Ga USA) - See all my reviews
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Since I am such a common man, I can be forgiven, I think, for giving this performance a five star rating, while the experts give it quite poor ratings. Maybe it is good to be common (same as average) because I can get a lot of enjoyment from performances which "others" think are less than perfect. This is my favorite ballet danced by Letestu. Better than the POB version of Swan Lake, for instance, which was marred by poor camera "work", as well as a bad libretto. True, Letestu may not have as good stage presence as some ballerinas, I think she is a good ballerina and her characterization as an Etoile certainly does not rankle me as it does others. If I had any complaint on Letestu it might be her air of smugness which to me seems to say, "Oh, I am so good." (PS.....I have to retract that statement, because "La Dame aux Camelias" is now my favorite ballet starring Letestu, and she does not exhibit that air of smugness, I refered to before.)

So what, if this version of Paquita is slightly different from what Petipa staged in eighteen hundred and who knows when? There should be a little variation in style, since dance itself has changed in the past hundred and fifty years. No one seems to complain when Nureyev makes changes in choreography and libretto (Swan Lake and La Baradere for instance). The changes he made in the National Ballet of Canada version of Sleeping Beauty w/himself and Veronica Tennant, for instance, were atrocious.

This ballet is presented in the 16-9 video format, has several good sound formats, and has beautiful sets, lighting, and colorful costuming. It is 109 minutes in duration with 12 minutes bonus material. Letestu even makes one costume change on set. Well done, but don't get excited, you won't see any of her "bod".

I liked this ballet, and if you're common like me you probably will too.....Richard.