Dancers (film)
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Dancers is a 1987 film directed by Herbert Ross
and starring Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Julie Kent. The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet Giselle
, and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet. The film received scathing reviews upon release.
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross was an American film director, producer, choreographer and actor.-Early life and career:Born Herbert David Ross in Brooklyn, New York, he made his stage debut as Third Witch with a touring company of Macbeth in 1942...
and starring Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974...
and Julie Kent. The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet Giselle
Giselle
Giselle is a ballet in two acts with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, and choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The librettist took his inspiration from a poem by Heinrich Heine...
, and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet. The film received scathing reviews upon release.