Ballets russes
Cast:
- Irina Baronova as Herself
- Yvonne Chouteau as Herself
- Yvonne Craig as Herself
- Frederic Franklin as Himself
- Alan Howard as Himself
- Nathalie Krassovska as Herself
- Alicia Markova as Herself (as Dame Alicia Markova)
- Milada Mladova as Herself (clip "Escape Me Never") (archive footage)
- Nina Novak as Herself
- Marc Platt as Himself
- Wakefield Poole as Himself
- Tania Riabouchinskaya as Herself (as Tatiana Riabouchinska)
- Marian Seldes as Narrator (voice) Show All »
About:
The revolutionary 20th-century dance troupe known as the Ballets Russes began as a group of Russian refugees, who never danced in Russia, and became not one but two rival dance troupes. 'Ballets Russes' begins with the company's Diaghilev-era in turn-of-the-century Paris -- when artists such as Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Miro, Matisse and Stravinsky united in an unparalleled collaboration. The film then explores the company's halcyon days of the 1930s and '40s, when the Ballets Russes toured America, astonishing audiences schooled in vaudeville with artistry never before seen, The company's demise came in 1950s and '60s when rising costs, rocketing egos, outside competition and internal mismanagement ultimately brought the revered Ballets Russes to its knees.
