Ballets Russes (film)

Ballets Russes is a 2005 American feature documentary film about the dancers of the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, which split into the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe.

Ballets Russes
Directed by	Dayna Goldfine Dan Geller
Written by	Dan Geller Dayna Goldfine Celeste Schaefer Snyder Gary Weimberg
Produced by	Dayna Goldfine Dan Geller
Starring	Irina Baronova Tatiana Riabouchinska George Zoritch Alicia Markova Yvonne Chouteau
Narrated by	Marian Seldes
Cinematography	Dan Geller
Edited by	Dan Geller Dayne Goldfine Gary Weimberg
Music by	Todd Boekelheide David Conte
Release date	January 2005 (2005-01) (Sundance)[1]
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

By showing clips of performances and interviews (recorded in about 2000) with several principal dancers from each troupe, it follows the history of the two troupes over the following decades.,^[2] Alicia Markova, George Zoritch, and Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Tchinarova among others.^[3] It was narrated by Marian Seldes. It is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.^[4][5]

Dancers

Dancers appearing in the film include:

• Alan Howard
• Alicia Markova
• Frederic Franklin
• George Zoritch
• Irina Baronova
• Marc Platt
• Maria Tallchief
• Mia Slavenska
• Miguel Terekhov
• Nathalie Krassovska
• Nina Novak
• Nini Theilade
• Raven Wilkinson
• Rochelle Zide
• Tamara Tchinarova
• Tatiana Riabouchinska
• Tatiana Stepanova
• Wakefield Poole
• Yvonne Chouteau
• Yvonne Craig

Awards

Ballets Russes was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Gotham Awards, and winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival. The film came third in the Best Nonfiction Picture category at the National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005, and second in the Top Five Documentaries category at the National Board of Review Awards 2005.