«Diva of Dance - Maya Plisetskaya»
AVI | 1.61 GB | Audio: 48 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 192.00 kbps avg | Video: 640x480, 29.97 fps, DiVX, 3000 kbps avg
Length: 71 minutes
This tribute to the great ballerina is a fitting one. It is divided into two parts -- there's 70 minutes of dancing, and 50 minutes of an interview with Maya (as well as her husband, the composer Rodion Schedrin).
This newly released DVD has 12 selections danced by this genius of the 20th centry ballet, 9 of which have been available on two other DVDs for a while. 6 of these selections are taken from a marvelous black-and-white, 70-minute documentary film originally released in 1964 with the title "Maya Plisetskaya", then released on DVD format in 2003 with the title "Plisetskaya Dances". The excerpts are from the ballets: 1) Romeo and Juliet. 2) Swan Lake. 3) Don Quixote. 4) The Dying Swan. 5) Laurencia. 6) Walpurgis Night. The other 3 selections are from a 1973 color movie, released on DVD not long ago with the title "Carmen Suite": 7) Carmen 8) Prelude (Bach). 9) Raymonda. The only new releases on DVD format that we can find in "Maya Plisetskaya, Diva of Dance" are the following 3 selections: 10) Spartacus: the pas de deux, a color take which is obviously not from the 1964 film. 11) Isadora. 12) Bolero de Ravel.