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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769711119
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0769711111
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 13, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 31809
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 09, 1977
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wonderful
A wonderful old documentary although the children act for the camera and it is not a natural insight of their life.
A "must-have" for everybody who loves the "Russian school" and the Russian Ballet.
Rating: - The Children of Theatre Street- - Story of the Kirov Ballet School
This DVD is specific to dance audiences. Good for children and adults interested in the history of the Kirov and how ballet dancers are selected from an early age. Very informative for students studying ballet seriously.
Rating: - The Children of Theater Street
This candid, lovingly made 1977 tribute to the Kirov strivers who make big sacrifices to attend the legendary training ground of Balanchine is a sheer delight, both aesthetically and narratively, letting us peer into a highly disciplined world of pure art where expectations are high and the weight of tradition almost oppressive. With Grace Kelly's warm, vivid narration providing the context and translations, we watch as 20 students out of 1000 are carefully selected according to predetermined physical ... Read More
Rating:  - The children of theatre street
A very interesting look at a students' life at the Kirov showing how they work hard but play hard too. The narration is informative but the narrator speaks throughtout in such a very sad and monotonous voice even when she is talking about the inner joy of dancing that this film is best watched with the sound turned off.
Rating: - Good...but too much background info.
This film gives a nice overview of what life is like for children in a russian ballet school...almost too nice. Having trained with a former dancer of the Moscow Rennasciance Ballet and Kirov Ballet School (the school in this video) I know what things are really like from hearing her stories. This film tends to be all over the place, taking the opportunity to give some history about the russian captial, etc. More footage of the students in training would have been nice, but like I said, it is a nice over ... Read More
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