Divas On Pointe - Legendary Ballerinas

A thrilling collection of legendary ballerinas in performances 1954-1992. Alicia Alonso, Nina Ananiashvili, Margot Fonteyn, Ekaterina Maximova, Maya Plisetskaya, Raisa Struchkova, Nadezhda Pavlova, Maria Tallchief, Galina Ulanova, Violette Verdy, and more. Color/B&W, Stereo/Mono, 1.33:1, NTSC (Playable all regions), 76 minutes.

Tracks:

MAYA PLISETSKAYA - Carmen Suite (Shchedrin, after Bizet / Alonso) Carmen’s Entrance (1969) (2:29)

MARIA TALLCHIEF - Scotch Symphony (Mendelssohn / Balanchine)Adagio (with André Eglevsky; 1959) (8:45)

ALICIA ALONSO - Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky / Petipa) Black Swan Pas de deux (with Igor Youskevitch; 1958) (4:59)

DAME MARGOT FONTEYN - The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky / Ashton) Aurora’s Entrance and Rose Adagio (with Hart, Field, Blair; 1955) (5:59)

VIOLETTE VERDY - Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky / Lifar) Excerpt (with Scott Douglas; 1958) (7:56)

GALINA ULANOVA - Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev / Lavrovsky) Balcony Scene (with Yuri Zhdanov; 1954) (5:15)

EKATERINA MAXIMOVA - Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev / Lavrovsky) Juliet’s Bedroom (with Vladimir Vasiliev; 1974) (5:44)

EKATERINA MAXIMOVA - Spartacus (Khachaturian / Grigorovich) Adagio (with Vladimir Vasiliev; 1970) (4:53)

RAISA STRUCHKOVA - Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev / Tarasova & Lapauri) The Lady in Waiting and the Lieutenants (1969) (4:29)

IRINA KOLPAKOVA - Raymonda (Glazunov/Sergeyev, after Petipa) Act 1, Scene 2 (1980) (5:58)

NADEZHDA PAVLOVA - Don Quixote (Minkus / Gorsky, after Petipa) Variation of Kitri and Dance of Basil and Kitri (with Vyacheslav Gordeev; 1978) (4:53)

NINA ANANIASHVILI - Don Quixote (Minkus / Gorsky, after Petipa) Act IV Grand pas de deux (abridged) (with Alexei Fadeyechev; 1992) (8:43)

Bonus: ALEXANDRA DANILOVA - Gaîté Parisienne (Offenbach / Massine) The Glove Seller (1944-1954) (1:48)