Ballets Russes (film)

Ballets Russes is a 2005 American feature documentary film about the dancers of the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, which split into the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and the Original Ballet Russe.

Directed byDayna Goldfine
Dan Geller

Written byDan Geller
Dayna Goldfine
Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Gary Weimberg

Produced byDayna Goldfine
Dan Geller

StarringIrina Baronova
Tatiana Riabouchinska
George Zoritch
Alicia Markova
Yvonne Chouteau

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Ballets Russes
Directed by	Dayna Goldfine Dan Geller
Written by	Dan Geller Dayna Goldfine Celeste Schaefer Snyder Gary Weimberg
Produced by	Dayna Goldfine Dan Geller
Starring	Irina Baronova Tatiana Riabouchinska George Zoritch Alicia Markova Yvonne Chouteau
Narrated by	Marian Seldes
Cinematography	Dan Geller
Edited by	Dan Geller Dayne Goldfine Gary Weimberg
Music by	Todd Boekelheide David Conte
Release dates	January 2005 (2005-01) (Sundance)[1] October 26, 2005 (2005-10-26) (New York[2])
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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By showing clips of performances and interviews (recorded in about 2000) with several principal dancers from each troupe, it follows the history of the two troupes over decades.^[3] Alicia Markova, George Zoritch, and Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Tchinarova were among the dancers featured.^[4] It was narrated by Marian Seldes. It is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.^[5][6]