“It is the nature of dance to exist for but a moment,” drones the narrator at the beginning of Ballets Russes. But it’s the nature of this documentary to drag through two utterly tiring and tedious ...

In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years ...

Film documentaries long on charm are sometimes short on history. That cannot be said about "Ballets Russes." It captures the heart and spirit of one of the 20th century's most fabled ballet companies, ...

The 16th birthday, or “”Sweet 16,”” as many have coined it, is often associated with being able to drive and getting over that hump of awkward adolescence into the “”real”” teenage years. For Rochelle ...

This documentary explores Serge Diaghilev's roots, his genius for bringing together avant-garde composers, dancers, painters, and designers, and the legacy of the Ballets Russes. The film includes ...

Nini Theilade, who won wide acclaim for her dancing in the fabled 1935 film version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” then performed with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo during its tour of the United ...

I had the pleasure of interviewing famed ballet dancer George Zoritch in his Tucson home in August 2008. My piece on the native Russian appeared on Dance Magazine‘s online site in February 2009.

Balletomanes are bound to adore Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s lavish documentary Ballets Russes (2005), which recalls the glory days of that legendary emigré dance troupe through rare footage of its ...

Rare archival footage and colorful interviews chronicle the evolution of the influential early 20th-century ballet company, founded by Sergei Diaghilev. Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine directed this ...