Cavalcade of Russian Ballet and Dance
Cast & Crew
State Symphonic Ensemble And Corps De Ballet
State Ensemble Of Folk Dances
Moiseyev Ensemble
Turkmenian Ensemble
Ati Ogebayev
S. Aymambetov
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Synopsis
A survey of Soviet dance, incorporating film clips dating back to the early 1930's. The selections include the "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker , performed by the State Symphonic Ensemble and Corps de Ballet; scenes of the young Galina Ulanova performing in The Dying Swan ; performances of the Moldavian dance "Moldavenets," the Belorussian dance "Kriznachek," and the Azerbaidzhan dance "Kazaki" by the State Ensemble of Folk Dances; a performance by the Turkmenian Ensemble; an excerpt from The Swan Lake, danced by Galina Ulanova and Konstantin Sergeyev; "Quadrille," performed by the Moiseyev Ensemble; selections from Taras Bulba, featuring Mikhail Dudko, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Sergey Koren, and the Ukrainian State Corps de Ballet; from Paquita, performed by the Maly Leningrad Ballet Ensemble, featuring Galya Pirozhaya and Andrey Khamzin; and from The Fountain of Bakhchisaray, featuring Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, and Pavel Gusev; "Polovetskian dance" from Borodin's Prince Igor, featuring Olga Lepeshinskaya and the Bolshoi Theater Ballet; and performances by members of the 1958 graduating class of the Soviet National Ballet Schools, including Yekaterina Maksimova dancing in The Nutcracker, and Alla Sizova and Rudolf Nureyev in Le corsaire.
Cast
State Symphonic Ensemble And Corps De Ballet
State Ensemble Of Folk Dances
Moiseyev Ensemble
Turkmenian Ensemble
Ati Ogebayev
S. Aymambetov
B. Kulbevdiyev
Konstantin Sergeyev
Mikhail Dudko
Vakhtang Chabukiani
Sergey Koren
Ukrainian State Corps De Ballet
Galya Pirozhaya
Andrey Khamzin
Maly Leningrad Ballet Ensemble
Galina Ulanova
Maya Plisetskaya
Pavel Gusev
Olga Lepeshinskaya
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
Yekaterina Maksimova
Alla Sizova
Rudolf Nureyev
Crew
Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev
Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin
Robert Boscha
Michel Fokine
Mikola Vitaliyovich Lisenko
Rose Madell
Ludwig Minkus
Marius Petipa
Camille Saint-saëns
Vasiliy Pavlovich Solovyov-sedoy
Pëtr Ilich Tchaikovsky
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Assembled by Artkino Pictures from footage on deposit at the National State Cinema Archives in Moscow.
