I'm not a great ballet fan, and I didn't really know much about the two rival Ballet Russe companies - but I enjoyed this documentary film about their history. Mainly composed of interviews with surviving (or recently deceased) members of the company it was a fascinating social history of the twentieth century. It might have easily have been a TV programme but I liked seeing this on the big screen - and in places it was so bitchy as to be hilarious. You certainly need to be a drama queen to be a ballet diva it would seem - and this applies to both genders! I learned a lot - and that doesn't mean it was dull.
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