ABT Wannabe Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Does anyone know if there is any sort of recent Kirov or Bolshoi DVD's released? I have several videos, but the video quality seems to be very poor. thanks! Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Yes, the Kirov just released a DVD filmed in 2002 in Chatelet Theatre, Paris. Here's a link to the DVD on Amazon -- here. I don't know about any Bolshoi films... Ask around the other forum too . Quote Link to comment
ABT Wannabe Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Thank you mohnurka! Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 How recent are you looking for? There are multiple videos filmed in the early 1990s, and many are with good quality. Quote Link to comment
ABT Wannabe Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Well right now I have "The Kirov Ballet in London" and "The Kirov Ballet- Sleeping Beauty". I don't know when these came out, but the video quality is a little bit poor and sometimes I can't even see the dancing. Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Hehe, feel free to ask me about Kirov videos -- I have maaany of them . Which Sleeping Beauty are you talking about? Which dancers? There are 3 Sleeping Beauties danced by the Kirov that are on film. Quote Link to comment
TutuMaker Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Netflix has 3 Kirov DVD's that I found: Don Quixote (2004) Kirov Celebrates Nijinski(2004) and one to be released on DVD 3/15/2005: The Kirov Ballet:Swan Lake(1986) The one review I read did not sound too promising about the quality of the film. Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Don Quixote -- which dancers? It's probably a reissue on DVD of an older video. Kirov Celebrates Nijinski -- filmed in 2002, not 2004 . Quote Link to comment
TutuMaker Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Dancers in Don Q are listed as: Vladimir Ponomaryov, Tatyana Terekhova, and Farouk Ruzimatov. I am sure they are just dvd's of old vhs tapes. I just copied the date netflix had for the Kirov Celebrates Najinski as 2004. Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 (edited) Yes -- the Don Quixote was performed in 1988... (maybe 1989, I'm not sure exactly). I understand about the dates -- the tapes themselves sometimes have the wrong one Don't take offense please . If you're interested in a Kirov tape with good quality and performance, buy Swan Lake with Yulia Makhalina and Igor Zelensky. (Which isn't to say that the Swan Lake with Mezentseva is a bad performance -- it's great, just not so good video quality). Edited March 13, 2005 by mohnurka Quote Link to comment
ABT Wannabe Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 mohnurka, The Kirov Sleeping Beauty I have is starring Altynai Asylmuratova. This ballet is very long, but very beautiful. I am not sure when this came out? The video quality is not too bad. However, on "The Kirov Ballet in London" I can't see much of anything. Quote Link to comment
mohnurka Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 The quality isn't always the best... The Sleeping Beauty with Asylmuratova was filmed somewhere in 1991 or so. The lighting is so dark on that video! Quote Link to comment
Guest arabento Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 If you go to www.kultur.com they have a lot of ballet videos. I know they have a lot of the Kirov and I believe they have the Bolshoi also. It is a good site, has reasonable prices and good shipping. I ordered something a few weeks ago and it came within a few days and that was with the regular shipping program. This site also has a lot of DVDs/videos of other art forms (music, dance, art, literature) and is a fun site to browse through and make a wish list of things you want. Quote Link to comment
ABT Wannabe Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 That sounds really good...I will try that! thanks mohnurka and arabento! Quote Link to comment
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