THE DANCE: U.S.S.R. FILMS OF RUSSIAN BALLET AT THE STANLEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300470020-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: September 19, 1954
• Content Type: NSPR

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ballet films yet to be seenli
hereabouts is the. one now
showing' at the Stanley
eatre under the somewhat.
equivocal title, of "Stars of the
ure, but It is less an exhibitions
f their stellar qualifications
i
han a necessarily hasty glimpse.
f the contemporary Soviet style
nd approach,. As. such it is stim-
lating and reveapg.
The program consists of ab-
reviated versions of three long.
a lets - "Swan ., , Lake," "The
'ountain of $alshchisarai" and
Tlxe , 'lames-Of.e's.ris"-adapted
n a ineasura?tqframe of the
ovles. In ,"yvan Lake," for ex-
nfoltied in the actual out-of-`
oor's, and at the epd the,.Prince
x.
n c the sea,This breaks his spells
hrow off their Swan fprms for aj
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air own, have exen3plary feet, with clean,
It is the_,danc(Zlg, however, that strong points and admirably sup-
Bally, matters, and-that< is ohgci5 ple ankles.: The port dV bras is
ull pf interest~, Thy,- style is Bit- broader than ours, but if it lacks
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elegance,
br ourselves Everybody is strong tics in the use of the arms in
n Inevitable- result, and there is I besques and attitudes hays a dif-
iffereriees 311 Stile (greatly in the attainment of both
height and breadth in jum
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The , womgri axe great deal It perhaps accounts in part for
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p
y,
arently as a
-natte of course, to do fabulous jumps of various
hat ,.we are acl:.u6t.Qlned to rele- pyeparation in between,
noun ethletioisnl, hey are also sides her beautiful line and her
iven to aerpbatic lifts.that we do native gift for movement, she has
of use; for example, very often a quiet dramatic power that
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hey frankly stoop; get a solid serts itself with complete conic.
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their wart.
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ers end heave
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hem up,ndead rweight and with- is ill a sense rather like that- of a
f American boys who are always ,ives her a lov y,Ro
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ed feet, eir feet are all formance in the "Fountain,' as-4
the passionately adored captive
of the Tatar khan who has killed
her lover. The scend between her,
the khan (P. A. _0103-eV?".and the
jealous Zarema (,lvaya' Pliset-
skaya) ie a truly reiarkabie
dramatic experience ed one that
we could not conceivably dupli-
cate in any of out ballet com-
paniet Gusev is a mine of won-
derful power, who fives the khan
an impassioned that is
hard to forget.
"Swan Lake" ctai4s by way,
of, special interest..8panish di- I
vertissement ? in the -final scene l
that is quite wondt'ful in a true d
evocation of the to nineteenths
century ballet. Iis cast in al
dark tone, With to skirts, broad
strides and deep backliendb. Di-,
vertissements of tiiig.:caliber do'
not actually interrupt the action,
no, matter how. irtelevant they
may seem in subject-matter.
"Flames of-Paris", is, less chore
ographic and Tess exoiing' in the'
main, but it has its stunning mo
ments. Among theril particularly
is a fleet and buoyant variation;
by .a girl not altogether easy to y
identify, but who Is probably;
Y. G. Sangovich.
Others of the "stars" who give l
distinguished performances are
Natalia Dudinskaya and N. M.:
Sergeyev in "Swan Lake," and
the stalwart Vachtang Chabuki-
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