DVD Video, Minkus (composer)
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The Art of the Pas de Deux Vol. 3
Ten Great Pas de Deux
Veronica Tennant, Rudolf Nureyev, Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Bogatirev, Irina Kolpakova, Sergei Berezhnoi, Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones, Ekaterina Maximova, Marat Daukayev, Nadezhda Pavlova, Vyacheslav Gordeev, Ludmila Vasilieva, Vladimir Malakhov, Vladimir Vasiliev,...
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Minkus's and Petipa's museum-piece, using Cervantes as a peg for virtuoso dancing, needs charisma - so skip the dimly-filmed Bolshoi production and watch Plisetskaya in the half-hour extra. —
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Minkus: La Bayadère
Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov
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Minkus: La Bayadère
Svetlana Zakharova (Bayadère Nikiya), Vladislav Lantratov (Solor), Maria Alexandrova (Gamzatti), Alexey Loparevich (Dugmanta, Rajah), Andrey Sitnikov (The High Brahmin) & Denis Medvedev (The Golden Idol)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Pavel Sorokin
Kitsch even by classical ballet standards, this Bolshoi production of the Marius Petipa-choreographed oriental fantasy wit bland music by Minkus boasts a celebrated Kingdom of Shades sequence. —
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Minkus: Don Quixote
Natalia Osipova, Leonid Sarafanov, Riccardo Massimi, Matthew Endicott, Giuseppe Conte
Teatro alla Scala, Alexander Titov
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Minkus: Don Quixote
Nina Ananiashvili (Kitri/Dulcinea), Aleksandr Astafiev (Don Quixote), Evgeny Katusov (Sancho Panza), Vladimir Golub (Gamache)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sotnikov
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Minkus: Don Quixote
Rudolf Nureyev (Basilio), Robert Helpmann (Don Quixote), Ray Powell (Sancho Panza), Lucette Aldous (Kitri/Dulcinea), Colin Peasley (Gamache), Marilyn Rowe (Street Dancer/Queen of the Dryads), Kelvin Coe (Espada)
Rudolf Nureyev (choreographer), John Lanchbery
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The Art of Maria Tallchief (1954-66)
Including music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn
The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Orchestre de Radio-Canada, Donald Voorhees & Jean Deslauriers
