GREAT DANCERS OF OUR TIME (PAL)

Picture Format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound Format: PCM stereo, DTS 5.1
Running Time: 78 mins
Region Code: PAL All
Booklet Languages: GB, F, D
Recording Date: 17-23 September 2003

Cat no.: DV-DOCGDT

Three of the most fascinating dancers on the current international ballet scene in Germany present their favourite choreographies, each solo- or pas-de-deux-choreography introduced by the dancer.

From classical to modern repertoire these three dancers - the internationally celebrated dancer Vladimir Malakhov, winner of the Nijinsky Award 2002 Lucia Lacarra, and the Japanese prima ballerina Kiyoko Kimura - present state of the art dancing in a series of half hour features, together with their partners Diana Vishneva, Cyril Pierre and Christoph Böhm. In total this DVD captures dancers from Russia, Spain, France, Japan and Germany, all of them First Soloists with German companies.

I. Vladimir Malakhov
Manon (Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan); Voyage (Choreography: Renato Zanella / Music: Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23); La Spectre de la rose (Choreography: Michail Fokine / Music: Carl Maria von Weber, Invitation to the Dance)

II. Lucia Lacarra
Pas de deux and Variation from Swan Lake (Choreography: Marius Petipa); Lady of the Camellias (Choreography: Val Caniparoli / Music: Frederic Chopin)

III. Kiyoko Kimura
J.S. Bach, Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV51 (Choreography: Uwe Scholz); Mozart, Piano Concerto K.271 Jeunehomme: Andantino (Choreography: Uwe Scholz); Bruckner, Symphony No. 8, Adagio (excerpt) (Choreography: Uwe Scholz)