Program notes ([12] p. ; ill.) in English, French, and German inserted in container.
Special features include (38 min.): documentary on the Ballets Russes (soundtrack in French, with English optional subtitles); interview with Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer (soundtrack in English, with French optional subtitles).
L'Oiseau de feu [The Firebird]: choreography and libretto, Michel Fokine ; reconstruction, Isabelle Fokine and Andris Liepa ; set and costume design, Alexander Golovin, Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine, reconstructed and supervised by Anna and Anatoly Nezhny.
Le sacre du printemps [Rite of spring]: choreography after Vaclav Nijinsky (1913), reconstructed and staged by Millicent Hodson ; set and costume design after Nicholas Roerich, reconstructed and supervised by Kenneth Archer ; scene plan, Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich.
L'Oiseau de feu [The Firebird]: Ekaterina Kondaurova (The Firebird) ; Ilya Kuznetsov (Ivan Tsarevich) ; Marianna Pavlova (The Princess) ; Vladimir Ponomarev (Kashchei) ; Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Le sacre du printemps [Rite of spring]: Alexandra Iosifidi (The Chosen One) ; Elena Bazhenova (300-Year-Old Woman) ; Vladimir Ponomarev (The Wise Elder) ; Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra ; conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Recorded in performance June 2008, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg.
DVD-9; NTSC, region code 0; PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1; aspect ratio 16:9.
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