Reviews for Documentary film
Review: Ballets Russes in Documentary film at Selected cinemas
‘It’s like a curtain opening and I can see it happening.’ Dame Alicia Markova’s magical words, plus flickering black-and-white film of her taking a long-long-ago curtain call, open a cur… Continue Reading
Ballets Russes in Documentary film at Selected cinemas
“And, of course, there are the film clips of the Ballets Russes companies in performance. I became damp-eyed as beloved artists were suddenly there as I remembered them.”
Ballets Russes in Documentary film at Selected cinemas
“This pacy, lovingly made film charts the rise and fall of the companies that took classical ballet from Melbourne to Montevideo after the death of Diaghilev, in 1929.”