You don't have to know an arabesque from an alligator handbag to enjoy Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine's loving documentary about the various incarnations of the Ballet Russe: The reminiscences of its international cast of raconteurs — razor-sharp survivors of a bygone era filled with glittering, larger-than-life personalities and outrageous twists of fate — are better than any soap opera. Flamboyant Russian cultural impresario Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) formed the first Ballet Russe in 1909, cultivating artists, dancers, composers and choreographers including George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, Vaslav Nijinsky, Michel Fokine, Léon Bakst and Léonide...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
118 mins