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Plot

Some of the great moments of contemporary ballet are captured on film for this performance video. Highlights from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Giselle, and others are performed by a number of the world's great dancers, among them Mikhail Baryshnikov, Irina Kolpakova, Wayne Eagling, and Darcy Bussell. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast

Darcey Bussell - Princess Rose; Lesley Collier - Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker); Jonathan Cope - The Prince; Anthony Dowell - The Prince (The Nutcracker); Wayne Eagling - Romeo; Alessandra Ferri - Juliet; Cynthia Harvey - Kitri (Don Quixote); Natalya Makarova; Yulia Makhalina - Odette; Galina Mezentseva - Giselle; Tatiana Terekhova; Konstantin Zaklinsky - Albrecht; Igor Zelensky - Siegfried; Mikhail Baryshnikov - Basil (Don Quixote); Brian Shaw - Widow Simone

Credit

Frederick Ashton - Choreography, Mikhail Baryshnikov - Choreography, Lev Ivanov - Choreography, Jean Coralli - Choreography, Jules Perrot - Choreography, Marius Petipa - Choreography, Kenneth MacMillan - Choreography, Peter Wright - Choreography

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