Diana Vishneva
Biography: Diana Vishneva is a famous Russian ballerina and principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet .
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 13, 1976
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Known For
Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
2014-02-02
Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
Overview: Lucien, a young composer, sets out to conquer the Parisian scene in search of glory. His success soon blinds him, and he betrays his friends and his love. Lost Illusions is a new ballet created in Moscow in 2011 by Alexei Ratmansky with dramaturgical advice from Guillaume Gallienne. This stylised adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel features thwarted love, ambition, and disillusionment, with 19th century Paris as its backdrop.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2014-02-02
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Giselle (Mariinsky Theatre)
2016-07-07
Giselle (Mariinsky Theatre)
Overview: It is a story in which the young heroine, dying from a broken heart, mysteriously hears the call of ghosts tempting her to join their round dance, and having become one of them she saves the lover who betrayed her.
Genres: Music
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky
2002-01-01
The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky
Overview: Russia's renowned Kirov Ballet honors innovative dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky in this quartet of live performances at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet. The Kirov dancers present "Sheherazade," "Le Spectre de la Rose," "The Polovtsian Dances" and "The Firebird," ballets closely associated with Nijinsky. Mikhail Fokine, chief choreographer to ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, choreographed the dances in these gala productions.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Romeo and Juliet - Mariinsky Theatre
2013-01-14
Romeo and Juliet - Mariinsky Theatre
Overview: One of history's most enduring love stories. Many people believe that Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is the greatest ballet score ever written. The Mariinsky Ballet shows at its dramatic finest passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet. The ballet has become a true classic of the 20th-century ballet repertory. With its emotional choreography and Prokofiev’s famous score, this moving tale of star-crossed lovers that is sure to stay with you long after you leave the Mariinsky Theatre. Libretto – Lavrovsky, Prokofiev, Radlov, Piotrovsky Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Music from the ballet was extracted by Prokofiev as three suites for orchestra and as a piano work.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-14
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Diamonds. Theft
2010-09-09
Diamonds. Theft
Overview: This is a poetic film set in the times of Lenin's NEP. A ballet dancer steals a brooch and gives it as a present to another dancer. This is a crime of passion. A mysterious black ball is after the heroine. She runs away from it and manages to give the brooch in an exquisite pirouette movement, as shiny as diamond facets. What gives a stone its dazzling luster are its polished facets. But the real gem is love, and it's much harder to get than any diamond in the world.
Genres: Romance Crime Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-09-09
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Ballerina
2006-08-31
Ballerina
Overview: Ballerina is a 2006 documentary film that follows the training sessions, rehearsals, and everyday lives of five Russian ballerinas at different stages in their career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-08-31
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Prokofiev: Cinderella
2015-09-18
Prokofiev: Cinderella
Overview: Commissioned by the Mariinsky in 2002, 'Cinderella' was the production that launched choreographer Alexei Ratmansky onto the world stage. Filmed in 2013 and now released on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time, the production stars one of the foremost prima ballerinas in the world today, Diana Vishneva. Recently described by The Telegraph as being 'as close to physical and technical perfection as it is possible to be', Vishneva delivers a dazzling performance, and is conducted by leading Prokofiev interpreter, Valery Gergiev. Ratmansky is the world s most influential ballet-maker, credited with revitalising classical dance through a series of highly individual productions. He breathes new life into Prokofiev s ballet, weaving together an array of different styles and echoing the complexities of the composer s score.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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