Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol.1 (DVD)

This compilation presents more than a dozen legendary dancers in some of the most celebrated pas de deux in the ballet repertoire.
Color/B&W, 85 minutes, 4:3, All regions

Prokofieff : ROMEO AND JULIET • The Scene in Juliet’s Bedroom (1954)
Galina Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov • Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky

Helsted & Paulli: FLOWER FESTIVAL IN GENZANO (1962)
Maria Tallchief and Rudolf Nureyev • Choreography by Erik Bruhn, after Bournonville

Shchedrin: THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE • The Queen-Maiden and Ivan (1961)
Maya Plisetskaya and Vladimir Vasiliev • Choreography by Alexander Radunsky

Glazunov: RAYMONDA • Act I Pas de Deux (1993)
Nina Ananiashvili and Aleksei Fadeyechev • Choreography by Petipa revised by Yuri Grigorovich

Stravinsky: FIREBIRD • The Prince & the Firebird (1961)
Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes • Choreography by Michel Fokine

Adam: GISELLE • Act II Pas de Deux (1963)
Alicia Alonso and Azari Plisetsky • Choreography by Alicia Alonso after Coralli and Perrot

Shchedrin: CARMEN SUITE Carmen • Don José Pas de Deux (1969)
Maya Plisetskaya and Nikolai Fadeyechev • Choreography by Alberto Alonso

Minkus: DON QUIXOTE • Grand Pas (1961)
Erik Bruhn and Maria Tallchief • Choreography by Petipa

Khachaturian: SPARTACUS • The Reunion of Spartacus and Phrygia (1977)
Vladimir Vasiliev and Natalia Bessmertnova • Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich

Tchaikovsky: SWAN LAKE • Black Swan Pas de Deux (1960)
Jacques D’Amboise and Lupe Serrano • Choreography by Petipa / Ivanov

Prokofieff : CINDERELLA • Cinderella and the Prince (1957)
Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes • Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton

TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX (1984)
Patricia McBride and Reid Olson • Choreography by George Balanchine