Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Kirov Ballet
by Oleg Vinogradov
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Actor: Farukh Ruzimatov, Larissa Lezhnina, Simon Virsaladze, Vadim Guliayev, Yulia MakhalinaDirector: Oleg Vinogradov
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Kirov Ballet
DVD Review: ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
I MADE A VIDEO TAPE RECORDING OF THIS WHEN BROADCAST ON THE THEN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE CHANNEL NOW UNFORTUNATELY CEASED SINCE SKY GAVE IT THE KISS OF DEATH AS THEY HAVE WITH ARTSWORLD.I HAVE TRANSFERRED IT TO DVD
SO AS TO PRESERVE IT.I ESPECIALLY EJOYED YULIA MAKHALIA AS THE LILAC FAIRY
ITS A PITY THERE ARE NOT MORE DVDS WITH HER AVAILABLE
DVD Review: Asylmuratova **********
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm watching this video now and Asylmuratova is in it. It's her pictured on the Kultur box. Ivy Lin is right (God bless her little helpful self) and her review was great and I purchased it. If not for watching it right now myself, I would be dancing across the room in happiness. It's great. Other reviews said it was someone else dancing instead of Asylmuratova and even the above Amazon review states someone else in it.They are incorrect. Thanks Ivy Lin you're the best.DVD Review: Not a bad buy for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
The only thing that really bothered me is the computer graphics that that got put in at one point. It's only for a few minutes but it is still enough to annoy. I still consider it a good buy compared to the price of an actuall ballet ticket and you can watch this one anytime and as often as you please.DVD Review: Mr. G. on Kirov Sleeping Beauty
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a big fan of the Russian Ballet. I celebrate the Russian approach of fine bravura dancing. However Sleeping Beauty requires a certain degree of restraint stylistically. This is a very fine production. The dancing is good technically and I like all the ballerinas. However Mr. Rouzamatov provides the same performance whether he is dancing Don quixote, Scheherazade or Sleeping Beauty. Each piece is very different and Sleeping Beauty requires constraint in order to capture the elegance of the character. It is not all about big jumps and virtuosic turns. For this reason, in my opinion, the piece suffers.
I much prefer the Royal Ballet's treatment of sleeping Beauty.
DVD Review: Very poor quality film, but dancing makes up for it
Summary: 4 Stars
This 1992 live Kirov film of The Sleeping Beauty suffers from very poor film quality. It is too darkly lit and some of the ballet, particularly during the second act, are practically in pitch darkness, with the Prince and Lilac Fairy merely fuzzy shadows. They look like figures in "night camera" footage. Disappointing, especially for a relatively recent film.
On the other hand, the lead roles feature among the finest dancing I've ever seen in a ballet performance. Husband and wife team of Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstantin Zaklinsky star as Aurora and Prince Florimund.
If there's a ballerina more lovable than Altynai, I havent seen her. She has the most radiant smile, the most enchanting stage presence. She's not a perfect Aurora. For one, despite her obviously disciplined classical Vaganova training, she doesnt have the toes of steel to really make the Rose Adagio a bravura moment. Margot Fonteyn was famous for wowing the audiences with seemingly endless balances, and you can see this in the film she made. Asylmuratova's balances in the Rose Adagio are well-held and steady, but not exceptional. Asylmuratova is also not a fast turner -- her turns in the Act 3 pas de deux seem a bit slow and labored. On the other hand, Asylmuratova's extensions are breathtakingly beautiful. In the Rose Adagio she swoops down in six-o-clock penchee arabesques that very effectively accompany the sweeping string chords. It's one of her charms that the penchee arabesques are not quite 180 degrees, but are carefully placed at around 175 degress (5:55, I'd say) and thus give her profile a softer, more feminine look. Altynai also has wonderfully soft, fluid arms, and most of all, an unpretentious, down-to-earth stage persona that makes her Aurora genuinely adorable and not just a classical showpiece role. This is important, as Aurora lacks the natural pathos of Giselle or Nikya, the majesty of Odette/Odile, and the spunk of Swanilda. I particularly love the way Altynai smiles not to the headlights but with her head slightly lowered. She looks both flirtatious and shy.
Konstantin Zaklinsky, blond and handsome, is a wonderful turner, an exciting leaper, and a sensitive partner. He has the noble bearing of a prince. His *one* weakness is a tendency to bend his leg slightly during his grand jetes. He complements his wife well - while she's Oriental looking he's very Slavic in apperance. While she's wonderful at extensions and positions he's more of a classical dancer and athlete. While she's innocent and adorable he's majestic and regal.
The Lilac Fairy is Zhanna Ayupova, who is saddled with a hideous powdered wig, but has the kind of slim, wispy figure and graceful style that's perfect for this role. Despite some questionable costumes, I really enjoyed the Kirov production. Their corps are excellent as usual, but the conductor deserves a lot of credit. He doesnt barnstorm through Tchaikovsky's revered score, but he conducts with great energy and flair. The whole production has unexpected energy, even for this very long and occasionally static ballet (sometimes I wonder if the divertissements will *ever* end). One definite negative about the choreography is that in the third act pas de deux there are practically no fishdives, which are prominently featured in the Royal Ballet productions. So, if you want to see your Aurora leaping into the Prince's arms in a fishdive, you wont see them here.
I hope this performance gets released on dvd very soon as it's certainly one Sleeping Beauty to treasure.
Description of Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Kirov Ballet
With its perfect fusion of music and choreographic ideas, The Sleeping Beauty is the quintessential romantic ballet, and it finds its spiritual home preserved in the outstanding classic traditions of the Kirov Ballet. The stylish grandeur of choreographer and artistic director Oleg Vinogradov's production shows the entire company at its best. Founded more than 200 years ago as the official ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Court, the Kirov Ballet was home to Marius Petipa, creator of this classic as well as Swan Lake and Raymonda. The highest tradition in dance continues with Larissa Lezhnina, one of Kirov's brightest new talents, brilliant as Princess Aurora, and Farukh Ruzimatov's performance in the role of Prince Desire demonstrates both power and grace.It may be a truism to say that Russians interpret Russian music best, but based on this stunning Kirov Ballet performance taped during its 1989 Canadian tour, it's excitingly and exhilaratingly accurate. Tchaikovsky's ballet is brought to vividly atmospheric life by the company who may dance him better than any other company, even the rival Bolshoi, especially in this production by master Kirov choreographer Marius Petipa (revised by his successor, Konstantin Sergeyev).
From the principal dancers (Larissa Lezhnina is simply fabulous as Princess Aurora, and her partner, Farukh Ruzimatov, is her equal as Prince D?sir?) to the last member of the ensemble, the grace and mastery of this world-class company is in evidence from the opening Marche to the closing duet. Simon Virsaladze's tastefully opulent sets and costumes contribute strongly, as does Viktor Fedotov's conducting and the Kirov Orchestra's playing of one of ballet's most attractive scores. --Kevin Filipski
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