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starring: Irina Kolpakova, Kirov Opera Ballet See Larger Image List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $26.99 You Save: $3.00 (10%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $17.64 Third Party New Price: $15.81 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780769778594 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0769778593 Label: Kultur Video Manufacturer: Kultur Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 26, 2005 Running Time: 170 minutes Sales Rank: 63038 Studio: Kultur Video Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 2005 Related Items: Adam - Giselle / Kirov, Petipa, Mezentseva Tchaikovsky, Petipa - Swan Lake / Kirov Ballet, Yulia Makhalina, Igor Zelensky Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Durante, Solymosi, Dowell, Royal Ballet Minkus - La Bayadere / Kirov Theatre Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake see more Editorial Review: Description: The Sleeping Beauty is the grandest of all the surviving 19th-century ballets and the supreme achievement of the imperial Russian ballet. First performed in 1890 at the Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, the ballet has been preserved in continuous performance by the company that created it. The way in which the heirs of the old imperial ballet continue to honor the choreographic genius of Marius Petipa and the glories of Tchaikovsky's score, means that The Sleeping Beauty is ideally to be seen in the interpretation of the Kirov Ballet whose performance in the company's 200th year in 1982 was captured in this presentation. Leading the cast is Irina Kolpakova, recognised as one of the former Soviet Union's greatest ballerinas and justly celebrated throughout the world for the beauty and clarity of her classic dancing in the role of Princess Aurora. With Sergei Berezhoi as Prince Desire and Lubov Kunakova as The Lilac Fairy. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Beyond Perfection The ballerinas in this production by the Kirov are dazzling. One wonders how one company can have so many dancers operating at such a high level of brilliance. The set for Act 2 - enormous background paintings in fall colors - stands out in particular. But it is the dancing of the Corps, along with the individual fairies and Aurora herself, that make the viewing of this DVD a reason to go on living. Rating: - As performed in 1890 If you read between the lines of the Product Review, you should be forewarned enough not to buy this DVD. Irina Kolpakova may not have performed it in 1890, but she's no "spring chicken" here. She reminds me of Margot Fonteyn when she was way past her prime in Swan Lake with Rudolf Nureyev (on DVD, and also not the best). Neither had two feet off the ground at any time, although Fonteyn was vastly more graceful in her performance. The length of this performance (2:50) helps to make it unwatchable ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Classical - Styles - Music - General Educational - Genres - DVD - Video - Art Musicals & Performing Arts - Genres - DVD - Video - Ballet & Dance By Composer - Classical - Musicals & Performing Arts - Genres - DVD - Video - Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich By Historical Period - Classical - Musicals & Performing Arts - Genres - DVD - Video - Romantic (c.1820-1910)