Maya Plisetskaya dances Carmen (vaimusic.com)

http://vaimusic.com/VIDEO/DVD_4294_CarmenSuiteBallet.htm Solo from Carmen Suite (Bizet-Shchedrin) danced by Maya Plisetskaya From: VAI DVD 4294 Carmen Suite Ballet Maya Plisetskaya always dreamed of dancing the role of Carmen and had approached Shostokovich for a score. He demurred out of respect for Bizets celebrated opera. It was eventually Plisetskayas husband Rodion Shchedrin who agreed to provide the music after seeing some of the initial rehearsals with his wife and the choreographer Alberto Alonso. His Carmen Suite Ballet, based on Bizet, was a perfect complement to Alonsos choreography and, in its theatricality, a showcase for Plisetskayas considerable dramatic gifts. Plisetskaya's Don Jose is the brilliant dramatic dancer, Nicolai Fadeyechv. Sergei Radchenko dances the role of the Bullfighter. The Carmen Suite Ballet, one of the darkest settings of Mérimées tragic story, deeply symbolic and overtly sensual, premiered at the Bolshoi Ballet on April 20, 1967. Bonus segments feature Plisetskaya in performances of The Dying Swan, Raymonda Variations, and Bach Prelude. TO PURCHASE THE COMPLETE DVD, GO TO www.vaimusic.com OR CALL TOLL-FREE IN THE US 1(800)477-7146 (OUTSIDE OF THE US, CALL 914-769-3691).