Ballets Russes
2005 · Movie · 118 min · ★ 7.2 · 87% critics
This documentary traces the rise and turbulent history of a landmark ballet company formed by Russian exiles, blending interviews with veteran performers and archival footage. Along the way, it explores the artistry, touring life, and behind-the-scenes rivalries and power struggles that shaped modern ballet’s spread to new audiences.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-10-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (11 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like arts history told through vivid personal memories, with plenty of archival performance moments and colorful rivalries; Not for you if you want a purely technical ballet lesson or a broad survey like Ethel.
Pros: moving elder interviews; rich archival dance clips; lively backstage stories | Cons: complex history to track; some footage is grainy; gaps in ballet context
Themes
- ballet
- woman director
Cast & crew
Marian Seldes
as Narrator
- IB
Irina Baronova
Kenneth Kynt Bryan
- YC
Yvonne Chouteau
Yvonne Craig
- FF
Frederic Franklin
Raven Wilkinson
Directed by Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine