In Reply to: That´s what I thought. And "Romeo and Juliet" is still a ballet: read your post... (nt) posted by orejones on July 29, 2005 at 11:32:49:
Quite a famous film was made of this ballet very early after its creation and widely shown, both in Russia and eventually in the west.It was the first look dance lovers (outside the Soviet Union) had of the great ballerina Ullanova,who, although apporaching middle age, gave a radiat performance as Juliet. It was a very influential film in its time within the dance/arts world since this was before the great Soviet companies were allowed to tour the West.
This version is seldom performed outside Russia today - the British choreographre Kenneth Macmillen's version of R&J is better known now.
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Follow Ups
- But...it was also a film... - Harmonia 19:03:28 07/31/05 (2)
- it was also a very violent modern film... - KT88 19:22:01 08/01/05 (0)
- A filmed ballet is still a ballet, not a movie, even if it´s played by Ulanova and Zandov, or by Fontaine and Nureyev.. - orejones 01:39:32 08/01/05 (0)