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Ballerina

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Bertrand Normand's intimate documentary begins with young dancer Alina Somova's acceptance into Russia's prestigious Kirov Ballet. Using her story and that of four other accomplished ballerinas at various stages in their careers, the film sheds light not only on the individual dancers' struggles, anxieties and achievements, but also on the significance of ballet in Russian culture. Clips of dance performances at St. Petersburg's famed Mariinsky Theatre are featured throughout the film.

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04/27/2014 Excellent peek into the lives of St. Petersburg's ballerinas. See more 10/13/2012 The discipline these ladies have is just incredible! See more 08/14/2012 Would have 5 stars if Svetlana had more scenes. See more 01/09/2012 I loved this documentary... nothing's prettier than Russian Ballet. It changed some ideas I had about exploitation of youth/beauty, too... cause the women you meet in the documentary (far from having some sort of emotional deficit that's fed by praise and perfection within some soulless machine) really have an empowered and artistic view of their own talents. And the interviews with theater people and choreographers make you believe they really do strive to create opportunities for the dancers to make their art and see themselves serving that purpose. See more 12/04/2011 This was a really interesting look into the discipline it takes to be a ballerina! :) See more 01/22/2011 interesting look at the difficult world of ballet. i would have rather watched this in my college dance class then some of the movies we did watch See more Read all reviews
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Bertrand Norman

Director

Diane Baker

Narrator

Frédéric Podetti

Producer

Yann Brolli

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Synopsis Bertrand Normand's intimate documentary begins with young dancer Alina Somova's acceptance into Russia's prestigious Kirov Ballet. Using her story and that of four other accomplished ballerinas at various stages in their careers, the film sheds light not only on the individual dancers' struggles, anxieties and achievements, but also on the significance of ballet in Russian culture. Clips of dance performances at St. Petersburg's famed Mariinsky Theatre are featured throughout the film.
Director
Bertrand Norman
Producer
Frédéric Podetti, Yann Brolli
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 16, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$113.2K
Runtime
1h 17m