Ballets Russes (documentary)
- Ballets Russes (documentary)
Infobox_Film
name = Ballets Russes
writer = Dan Geller
Dayna Goldfine
Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Gary Weimberg
starring = Irina Baronova
Tatiana Riabouchinska
George Zoritch
Alicia Markova
Yvonne Chouteau
narrator = Marian Seldes
director = Dayna Goldfine
Dan Geller
producer = Dayna Goldfine
Dan Geller
music = Todd Boekelheide
David Conte
cinematography = Dan Geller
editing = Dan Geller
Dayne Goldfine
Gary Weimberg
runtime = 118 min.
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0436095
"Ballets Russes" is a 2005 feature documentary about the dancers of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. It was directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller, and featured Irina Baronova, Alicia Markova, George Zoritch, and Tatiana Riabouchinska, among others. It was narrated by Marian Seldes.
Dancers
Dancers appearing in the film include:
*Irina Baronova
*Frederic Franklin
*Mia Slavenska
*George Zoritch
*Yvonne Chouteau
*Tatiana Riabouchinska
*Maria Tallchief
*Nina Novak
*Nini Theilade
*Nathalie Krassovska
*Rochelle Zide
*Tamara Tchinerova Finch
*Alicia Markova
*Wakefield Poole
*Yvonne Craig
*Tatiana Stepanova
*Marc Platt
*Miguel Terekhov
*Raven Wilkinson
*Alan Howard
Awards
"Ballets Russes" was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Gotham Awards, and winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival. The film came third in the Best Nonfiction Picture category at the National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005, and second in the Top Five Documentaries category at the National Board of Review Awards 2005.
External links
* [http://www.balletsrusses.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436095/ "Ballets Russes"] at the Internet Movie Database.
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