Ballets Russes released on DVD this month - win a copy!

Many of you will have seen the wonderful feature length documentary BALLETS RUSSES, which covers more than 50 years in the lives of a group of revolutionary ballet artists.

After phenomenal success in the cinema, from 21st August you can own on DVD this journey back through the company’s Diaghilev-era beginnings in turn-of-the-century Paris when artists such as Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Miro, Matisse, and Stravinsky united in an unparalleled collaboration, to its halcyon days of the 1930s and 40s, when the Ballets Russes toured America, astonishing audiences with never-before-seen artistry.

Guardian: “Riveting” **** The  Times: “Remarkable” **** Marie Claire: “Exceptionally  beautiful” **** Empire: “One of the finest documentaries ever  made” ****

Rare performances, home movies, letters and diaries are inter cut with intimate anecdotal interviews with former BALLET RUSSES stars (now in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s) which bring to life the extraordinary journey of the company and the individuals who danced in it.

The film culminates with the first and only BALLET RUSSES Reunion Celebration, which was held in 2000 in New Orleans , bringing together nearly 100 surviving dancers, most of whom had not seen each other in more than fifty years.