| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Nina Ananiashvili and the International All-Stars of Dance, Vol. 2 | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Nina Ananiashvili, Bolshoi Ballet, New York City Ballet | | Format:
| Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Video Artists Int'l | | Run Time:
| 124 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 10, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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Dazzling , enjoyable dancingFeb 15, 2009
Nina Ananiashvilli took with her ,to Tokyo, some of the greatest dancers ,in 1991 and 1993.I cannot think of anything more enjoyable than these 2 volume DVDs!The famous Pas de quatre(music by Cesare Pugni),choreographed by Perrot for his wife,Carlotta Grisi,Maria Taglioni,Fanny Cerrito and Lucille Grahn (it would have been a Pas de Cinq ,should Fanny Essler not be engaged in a tournée)is beautifully danced,Auber's Grand pas classique performed by a young but already amazing Nicholas Le Riche and "étoile" Elisabeth Platel),Le spectre de la rose,created by Fokine for Nijinsky and Karsavina,music by Auber,danced here by great Ruzimatov and Nina,along with The Talisman(Drigo/Petipa),danced by the still beautiful Terekhova and Posokhov and Stanella(Pugni/Petipa)danced by a virtuoso Pisarev and enchanting Dorofeeva are some of the great Pas de Deux displayed in these 2 DVD but there is plenty of dazzling dancing as in Giselle,or in Lake or in Bournonvilles's Flower Festival of Genzano!!!A must in a good ballet collection to watch over and over again.
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A Joyous Celebration of BalletNov 23, 2007
The opening "Pas de Quartre" is 17 minutes of heavenly dancing by Nina Ananiashivili, Rose Gad, Tatyana Terekova, and Darci Kistler. The charming music of Cesare Pugni is the perfect complement to this celebration of femininity. Ananiashvili is especially captivating and the muse of ballet shows even in her eyes. "Satanella" (music also by Pugni) follows with the nicely-paired Inna Dorofeeva and Vadim Pisarev. She is innocently girlish; he is playfully impish, and they both dance flawlessly. "Sunny" is a solo piece with Andris Liepa and is one of the few non-classical selections. Elisabeth Platel and Nicolas Le Riche from the Paris Opera Ballet perform Auber's "Grand pas Classique." He gets a face full of tutu as he lets Platel down from a lift, but their dancing (especially hers) is inspirational. Aleksei Fadeechev makes his first appearance with Ananiashvili in "Raymonda." They are often partnered (as in "Swan Lake" and "Don Quixote") and work well together. He is as strong as an ox and takes good care of my sweetheart on the lifts. Zhanna Ayupova and Igor Zelensky perform variations from the Kingdom of the Shades act of "Bayadere." Both offered strong, well-received performances. Tatyana Terekova returns in a performance of "The Talisman" with Yury Posokhov. Their attire was questionable, but their dancing was not. Rose Gad is "Giselle" and saves Alexander Kolpin from the Wilis with her irresistible steps. Finally, the entire ensemble participated in the Grand Pas from "Don Quixote." The orchestra could hardly keep up with Ananiashvili's fouettes and I half expected her to elevate. The impish Pisarev was at the center of a ballet joke to close out the festivities. Dancers and audience were equally exhilarated, and a good time was had by all.
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