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Release date United States: Tuesday, October 25, 2005, DVD release: TBA

Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

Cast:

Irina Baronova
Yvonne Chouteau
Frederic Franklin
Nathalie Krassovska
Alicia Markova
Marc E. Platt
Tatiana Riabouchinska
Mia Slavenska
Maria Tallchief
George Zoritch

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.

Genres:
Culture

Producers: Daniel Geller Dayna Goldfine Robert Hawk

Writers: Daniel Geller Dayna Goldfine

Studio: Zeitgeist Films