Ballets Russes (2005)

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Directed with consummate invention and infused with juicy anecdotal interviews from many of the company's glamerous stars, Ballets Russes is the incredible film that has entranced cinema audiences across the country, becoming this year's most captivating smash hit documentary! This remarkable, enchanting, engrossing and enlightening modern classic treats audiences to a rare glimpse of the singularly remarkable merger of Russian, American, European, and Latin American dancers, choreographers, composers and designers that transformed the face of ballet for generations to come. Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, Emmy award-winning filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller (Kids of Survival) map the company's Diaghilev-era beginnings in turn-of-the-century Paris, when artists such as Dame Alicia Markova, Frederic Franklin, Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Miro, Matisse and Stravinsky united in an unparalleled collaboration - where ego, politics, war money, fame, glamour, love, betrayal and grace blended with dance.