How much do ballet lovers on these shores owe to the Ballets Russes? As surely as Alexander the Great plowed through the known world in his day, those starving Russian emigres rolled across America ...

"Ballets Russes" is captivating. Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine -- who first teamed up in 1988 for a documentary about Isadora Duncan -- have crafted a compelling documentary about a ...

Ballets Russes: Documentary. Written and directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. (Not rated. 118 minutes. At the Embarcadero.) "Ballets Russes" is a survival story. It tells the tale of a fabled ...

IN 1929, Serge Diaghilev, whose name is pretty much synonymous with ballet impresario, died in Venice. His passing left a void not only at his famed company, the Ballets Russes, but also in the larger ...

Film documentaries long on charm are sometimes short on history. That cannot be said about "Ballets Russes." It captures the heart and spirit of one of the 20th century's most fabled ballet companies, ...

Like many athletes, dancers can't strut their stuff into old age. The demands of their discipline are too great. Yet Ballets Russes is a heartening affirmation of the spirit that helped many dancers ...

It’s May 1922. There’s a dazzling soiree going on at the Hotel Majestic: Picasso is there, and so is Stravinsky. Serge Diaghilev, head of the Ballets Russes, is the ringleader at this after-party for ...

"Ballets Russes" is much more than a specialty item for dance aficionados. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's expertly crafted, years-in-the-making docu takes viewers on an ebullient odyssey from Russia ...

"Ballets Russes" is much more than a specialty item for dance aficionados. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's expertly crafted, years-in-the-making docu takes viewers on an ebullient odyssey from Russia ...

Little girls still take ballet classes, ballet companies still exist in major cities, and touring troupes still bring the ballet to smaller cultural centers, but the art form doesn't have anywhere ...