Ballerina
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bertrand Normand
Evgenia Obraztsova
Valery Gergiev
Manuel Legris
Alina Somova
Ulyana Lopatkina
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A portrait of five Russian ballerinas from the Mariinski Theatre, formerly known as the Kirov. Behind any great ballerina lies the discipline and rigour that comes from decades of training and practice; and Russia's pre-eminent dancers--superstars such as Nijinsky, Baryshnikov and Pavlova--established the reputation of Russian dancers as the best in the world. The profiled dancers are uniquely individual--tough, insightful and exceptionally talented; onstage they reveal no hint of the sweat, pain and hard work of the rehearsal studio. The classic ballerina exercises an art that is becoming rare, a profession as demanding that it is not well known. She fascinates because her fate seems so fragile. But there is a country where she still shines as resplendently as ever, Russia. Land of absolutes, the cult of beauty, wideness and nostalgia, also the land of a forgotten femininity: Russia is the land of the ballerina par excellence.
Director
Bertrand Normand
Cast
Evgenia Obraztsova
Valery Gergiev
Manuel Legris
Alina Somova
Ulyana Lopatkina
Diane Baker
Ctdric Klapisch
Svetlana Zakharova
Diana Vishneva
Crew
Diane Baker
Antonela Bevenja
Yann Brolli
Dominique Collin
Alexandre Filipov
Raoul Fruhauf
Sandrine Henchoz
Franck Laniel
Thierry Maisonnave
Bertrand Normand
Edward Oleschak
Edward Oleschak
Frederic Podetti
Frederic Podetti
Isabelle Saunois
Igor Yurov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 17, 2009
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States January 2008
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 3-14, 2008.
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2009
Released in United States April 17, 2009 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features of 2007) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 3-14, 2008.)
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2009
