Descripción: THIS IS NOT THE COMMERCIAL VIDEO. I will be listing three different casts for Sleeping Beauty from 1989 in Leningrad at the Kirov Mariinsky Theater. In all 3 performances, I will omit the opening non dancing portions of the ballet and the long boat ride in the second act. There will still be more than 2 hours and 30 minutes of ballet. This video features Larissa Lezhnina in her first performanc...

Descripción: In April of 1974, the Bolshoi Ballet came to Canada with a small group of dancers featuring two stars from the Kirov Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Irina Kolpakova . The Bolshoi group was led by Raisa Struchkova and her husband, Alexander Lapauri . The two main ballerinas on this tour were in their forties with Struchkova showing tremendous energy at almost age 49. I seem to remember this being h...

Descripción: This video is from an 8 class series of videos (every video is approximately two hours long and the 8th is close to 3 hours), starring former Kirov Mariinsky ballerina , Galina Mezentseva , demonstrating ballet class lessons from beginner to advanced level over an 8 year program. Mezentseva graduated from the Vaganova Academy School which had an 8 year program, based on the teaching of Agrippina ...

Descripción: THIS IS NOT THE COMMERCIAL VIDEO. I will be listing three different casts for Sleeping Beauty from 1989 in Leningrad at the Kirov Mariinsky Theater. In all 3 performances, I will omit the opening non dancing portions of the ballet and the long boat ride in the second act. There will still be more than 2 hours and 30 minutes of ballet. This video features Larissa Lezhnina in her first performanc...

Descripción: This video is from an 8 class series of videos (every video is approximately two hours long and the 8th is close to 3 hours) , starring former Kirov Mariinsky ballerina , Galina Mezentseva , demonstrating ballet class lessons from beginner to advanced level over an 8 year program. Mezentseva graduated from the Vaganova Academy School which had an 8 year program, based on the teaching of Agrippina...

Descripción: This Don Quixote rehearsal is in 8 parts and each day will have a new part, with part 8 concluding on November 18. Every act is rehearsed and Alina Somova rehearses both Kitri and Dulcinea . Andrian Fadeyev rehearses the role of Basil and Tatiana Terekhova , not only coaches , but demonstrates also. Tatiana Terekhova is one of the all time great Kitris in Don Quixote ballet history. So a ballerin...

Descripción: THIS IS NOT THE COMMERCIAL VIDEO. I will be listing three different casts for Sleeping Beauty from 1989 in Leningrad at the Kirov Mariinsky Theater. In all 3 performances, I will omit the opening non dancing portions of the ballet and the long boat ride in the second act. There will still be more than 2 hours and 30 minutes of ballet. This video features Larissa Lezhnina in her first performanc...

Descripción: This Don Quixote rehearsal is in 8 parts and each day will have a new part, with part 8 concluding on November 18. Every act is rehearsed and Alina Somova rehearses both Kitri and Dulcinea . Andrian Fadeyev rehearses the role of Basil and Tatiana Terekhova , not only coaches , but demonstrates also. Tatiana Terekhova is one of the all time great Kitris in Don Quixote ballet history. So a ballerin...

Descripción: Today, November 11, 2008 is my mother's 80th birthday. Although she died in Leningrad on September 14, 1987, I wanted to put something very special on Youtube to honor my mother's special day. It actually was an easy choice what to choose. This video is very special for me for several reasons and certainly the two ballerinas involved in this rehearsal are part of the reason. My mother loved Tatian...

Descripción: This feature shows Bolshoi Ballet star, Ivan Vasiliev , in Don Quixote with Natalia Osipova and Galina Stepanenko . He is also shown in the 2005 Moscow Ballet Competition Gala performing a solo from Diana and Acteon in Esmeralda as Junior Divison Gold Medallist. Other ballets shown are Spartacus , Le Corsaire , Flames of Paris and Nutcracker . Youtube user ABBADONNERGAL has most graciously given ...

Descripción: This feature shows Bolshoi Ballet star, Ivan Vasiliev , in Don Quixote with Natalia Osipova and Galina Stepanenko . He is also shown in the 2005 Moscow Ballet Competition Gala performing a solo from Diana and Acteon in Esmeralda as Junior Divison Gold Medallist. Other ballets shown are Spartacus , Le Corsaire , Flames of Paris and Nutcracker . Youtube user ABBADONNERGAL has most graciously given ...

Descripción: This Don Quixote rehearsal is in 8 parts and each day will have a new part, with part 8 concluding on November 18. Every act is rehearsed and Alina Somova rehearses both Kitri and Dulcinea . Andrian Fadeyev rehearses the role of Basil and Tatiana Terekhova , not only coaches , but demonstrates also. Tatiana Terekhova is one of the all time great Kitris in Don Quixote ballet history. So a ballerin...

Descripción: This Don Quixote rehearsal is in 8 parts and each day will have a new part, with part 8 concluding on November 18. Every act is rehearsed and Alina Somova rehearses both Kitri and Dulcinea . Andrian Fadeyev rehearses the role of Basil and Tatiana Terekhova , not only coaches , but demonstrates also. Tatiana Terekhova is one of the all time great Kitris in Don Quixote ballet history. So a ballerin...

Descripción: This feature shows Bolshoi Ballet star, Ivan Vasiliev , in Don Quixote with Natalia Osipova and Galina Stepanenko . He is also shown in the 2005 Moscow Ballet Competition Gala performing a solo from Diana and Acteon in Esmeralda as Junior Divison Gold Medallist. Other ballets shown are Spartacus , Le Corsaire , Flames of Paris and Nutcracker . Youtube user ABBADONNERGAL has most graciously given ...

Descripción: This Don Quixote rehearsal is in 8 parts and each day will have a new part, with part 8 concluding on November 18. Every act is rehearsed and Alina Somova rehearses both Kitri and Dulcinea . Andrian Fadeyev rehearses the role of Basil and Tatiana Terekhova , not only coaches , but demonstrates also. Tatiana Terekhova is one of the all time great Kitris in Don Quixote ballet history. So a ballerin...

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Descripción: This ballet features Alina Somova and Andrian Fadeyev .

Descripción: This 6 part documentary on the Moscow Choreographic Academy , the actual name of the Bolshoi Ballet school , looks at the 2002/2003 ballet school year. There are four different students that this film focuses on. The main student is Natalia Osipova , who was 16 years old in 2002 and after finishing her seventh, and next to last year in the school, was 17 years old. After briefly showing Osipova i...

Descripción: This 6 part documentary on the Moscow Choreographic Academy , the actual name of the Bolshoi Ballet school , looks at the 2002/2003 ballet school year. There are four different students that this film focuses on. The main student is Natalia Osipova , who was 16 years old in 2002 and after finishing her seventh, and next to last year in the school, was 17 years old. After briefly showing Osipova i...

Descripción: This 6 part documentary on the Moscow Choreographic Academy , the actual name of the Bolshoi Ballet school , looks at the 2002/2003 ballet school year. There are four different students that this film focuses on. The main student is Natalia Osipova , who was 16 years old in 2002 and after finishing her seventh, and next to last year in the school, was 17 years old. After briefly showing Osipova i...