''Ballets Russes'' is a 2005 American

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about the dancers of the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, which split into the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe. 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.,

Alicia Markova Dame Alicia Markova Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was a British ballerina and a Choreography (dance), choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her ...

, George Zoritch, and

Tatiana Riabouchinska Tatiana Mikhailovna Riabouchinska (, 23 May 191724 August 2000) was a Russian American prima ballerina and teacher. Famous at age 14 as one of the three "Baby Ballerinas" of the Original Ballet Russe, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1930 ...

, Tamara Tchinarova among others. It was narrated by

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. It is distributed by

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Dancers

Dancers appearing in the film include: * Alan Howard *

* Frederic Franklin * George Zoritch *

Irina Baronova Irina Mikhailovna Baronova FRAD (; 13 March 1919 – 28 June 2008) was a Russian ballerina and actress who was one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, discovered by George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s. She created ...

* Marc Platt *

Maria Tallchief Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief ( "Two-Standards"; Osage language, Osage family name: , Osage script: ; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013), was an Osage Tribe, Osage and American ballerina. She was America's first major p ...

* Mia Slavenska *

Miguel Terekhov Miguel Terekhov (August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012) was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the School ...

* Nathalie Krassovska * Nina Novak *

Nini Theilade Nini Arlette Theilade (15 June 1915 – 13 February 2018) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. Early life Theilade was born in Purwokerto on the island of Java, then in the Dutch East Indies, now in Indonesia. She was an only ...

* Raven Wilkinson * Rochelle Zide * Tamara Tchinarova *

* Tatiana Stepanova *

Wakefield Poole Walter Wakefield Poole III (February 24, 1936 – October 27, 2021) was an American dancer, choreographer, theatrical director, and pioneering film director in the gay pornography industry during the 1970s and 1980s.

Yvonne Chouteau Myra Yvonne Chouteau () (March 7, 1929 – January 24, 2016) was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons" or Native Americans in the United States, Native ''prima ballerinas'' of Oklahoma. She was the only child of Corbett Edward and Luc ...

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Awards

''Ballets Russes'' was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005

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, and winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2005

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. 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 77th NBR Awards January 10, 2006 ---- Best Film: Good Night, and Good Luck. The 77th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 10 January 2006.https://nationalboardofreview.org/galas/2005-awards-gala/ ...

References

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