Art of the Pas de Deux (2006)
AVI | Audio: 48000 Hz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 103,53 kbit/s | Video: 640x480, 29,9700 fps, XVID MPEG-4, 3781,06 kbit/s | 2,46 GB
Length: 1h 12m 57s
This compilation presents more than a dozen legendary dancers in some of the most celebrated pas de deux in the ballet repertoire. Includes excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda, Firebird, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Cinderella, performed by Galina Ulanova, Maria Tallchief, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky, Erik Bruhn, Lupe Serrano, Jacques D’Amboise, Patricia McBride, and others.
Romeo and Juliet:The Scene in Juliet’s Bedroom (Galina Ulanova-Yuri Zhdanov, 1954) Flower Festival in Genzano (Maria Tallchief-Rudolf Nureyev, 1962) The Little Humpbacked Horse:The Queen-Maiden and Ivan (Maya Plisetskaya-Vladimir Vasiliev, 1961) Raymonda: Act I Pas de Deux (Nina Ananiashvili-Aleksei Fadeyechev, 1993) Firebird: The Prince & the Firebird (Margot Fonteyn-Michael Somes, 1963) Giselle: Act II Pas de Deux (Alicia Alonso-Azari Plisetsky, 1963) Carmen Suite: Don José Pas de Deux (Maya Plisetskaya-Nikolai Fadeyechev, 1969) Don Quixote: Grand Pas (Maria Tallchief-Erik Bruhn, 1961) Spartacus: The Reunion of Spartacus and Phrygia (Natalia Bessmertnova-Vladimir Vasiliev, 1977) Swan Lake: Black Swan Pas de Deux (Lupe Serrano-Jacques D’Amboise, 1960) Cinderella: Cinderella and the Prince (Margot Fonteyn-Michael Somes, 1957) Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Patricia McBride-Reid Olson, choreography by George Balanchine 1984)