Maya: Portrait of Maya Plisetskaya

UPC: 089948448990

Studio: Video Artists Int'l

Summary: By any standard, Soviet dancer Maya Plis?tskaya (b. 1925) qualifies as one of the most vitally important ballerinas of the 20th century. She largely built her reputation on the basis of her ability to look beyond the scope of dance movements per se and invest each assignment with a characterization specific to that role. Legendary productions in which Plis?tskaya appeared included Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Bolero, and Romeo and Juliet. This documentary portrait from director Dominique Delouche presents Plis?tskaya as a woman riddled with a series of contradictions that often gained synchronicity onstage. It also touches on her successful attempt to invest her art form with a heightened modernity beginning with her collaborations with Maurice B?jart. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Category: Dance [nf]

Maya: Portrait of Maya Plisetskaya

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/03/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 84 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Region: Universal Compatability

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Maya: Portrait of Maya Plisetskaya
1. Introduction (Maurice B?jart) [1:03]
2. A Difficult Childhood [6:37]
3. Dance Studies [1:50]
4. Marriage to Shchedrin [4:11]
5. The Bolshoi [3:19]
6. Vladimir Vasiliev [3:16]
7. "Don Quixote" [2:02]
8. "Romeo and Juliet" [2:48]
9. "Swan Lake" [28:22]
10. "Bol?ro" [6:16]
11. "La Rose Malade" [3:10]
12. Isadora Duncan [10:36]
13. Invitation from Martha Graham [2:59]
14. "L?da" [6:41]

Cast and Crew: Dominique Delouche  Director 
Maya Plisetskaya  Actor 
Maurice Bejart  Actor 
Vladimir Vasiliev  Actor 
Marie-Agnès Gillot  Actor 
Céline Talon  Actor 
Yann Saïz  Actor 

Country: France