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Ballet Favorites / Mikhail Baryshnikov, Wayne Eagling, Irina Kolpakova, Darcey Bussell

Ballet Favorites / Various
Release Date: 09/27/2011 
Label:  Kultur Video   Catalog #: 4747  
Composer:  Louis Ferdinand Herold,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Adolphe Adam,  Sergei Prokofiev,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Length: 1 Hours 30 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

This newly revised version of Ballet Favorites features stunning excerpts from the world's most famous ballets.

This spectacular compilation showcases the talent of many of the greatest dancers of recent years, filmed at the world's leading venues, and showcases the remarkable athleticism of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Wayne Eagling as well as the beauty and elegance of Irina Kolpakova, Darcey Bussell and many others.
Featuring:
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Wayne Eagling
Irina Kolpakova
Darcey Bussell
Yulia Makhalina
Igor Zelensky
Brian Shaw
Lesley Collier
Anthony Dowell
Galina Mezentseva
Konstantin Zaklinsky
Irina Kolpakova
 Read more Alessandra Ferri
Jonathan Cope
Cynthia Harvey
Igor Zelensky
Viktor Fedotov

Region: 1 (US & Canada Only)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Color: Color
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Works on This Recording

1.
La fille mal gardée: Act 1 - no 17a, Clog Dance by Louis Ferdinand Herold
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1828 
2.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: Excerpt(s) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891-1892; Russia 
3.
Giselle: Excerpt(s) by Adolphe Adam
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841; France 
4.
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: no 9a, Act 1 - Pas d'action "'Rose' Adagio" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888-1889; Russia 
5.
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act 1 - Dance of the Knights by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935-1936; Paris, France 
6.
La Bayadere: Excerpt(s) by Léon Fyodorovich Minkus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; Russia 
7.
Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57: Act 3 Pas de deux by Benjamin Britten
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
8.
Don Quixote: Act 1 by Léon Fyodorovich Minkus
Period: Romantic 

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