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| store4dvd.co.uk - Movie, Video - Gaite Parisienne (Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo) on Region 2 DVD  | Gaite Parisienne (Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo) | | Region 2 DVD - This DVD will play only on European R2 or multi-region dvd players. | |
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| | "I simply wanted," Victor Jessen once said, "to make a permanent record on film of some of the most important works of the most perfect living art: The Dance." To service this obsession, he mostly abandoned his job as an engineer in Los Angeles to film the great ballet companies of the age in theaters around the country. Over a ten-year period beginning in the mid-1940s, he would enter dressed all in black, camera hidden in a briefcase and pockets stuffed with film magazines. His 16mm camera required rewinding every thirty seconds, and so he had to return repeatedly to fill in gaps. In all, he recorded twenty-four complete dance works and substantial portions of nine more. In 1954, in a caper he called "The Ultimate Daring", Jessen lugged a bulky tape recorder into one theater, plugged it into a light socket, and recorded the music from a Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance of Leonide Massine's comedy ballet, Gaite Parisienne. He then laboriously edited his footage to this recording and created the remarkable film presented on this DVD. It shows the company featured on the brilliant and affecting 2005 documentary, Ballets Russes, in top form, performing one of it's most popular ballets led by the legendary Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, and Leon Danielian. |
| | | Audio commentary by Frederic Franklin
Explanatory subtitles
Interview with Frederic Franklin
Documentary: The Saga of Victor Jessen
List of productions filmed by Victor Jessen
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| | Video:
Full Frame 1.33:1
Subtitles:
English | Genre(s): Music, Classical
Release Date: August 29th, 2006.
Studio: VAI
Date Added: September 28th, 2006.
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