Venture into the studio with legendary dancers and choreographers in “Designers Of The Dance.”
The program takes viewers behind the scenes to learn about the work and process that go into making a ballet great, and features stunning performances of five unique dance pieces: Alexei Ratmansky’s retake of “The Nutcracker,” Leonid Lavrovsky’s ground-breaking “Romeo & Juliet,” Lar Lubovitch’s powerful “Othello,” Alastair Marriott’s hauntingly beautiful “Liederand,” and Yuri Possikhov’s “Diving Into the Lilacs.”
With stops at the American Ballet Theatre, the Bolshoi Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet and the Royal Ballet, the program reveals the inspiration behind the creation of each work, and how the choreographers and dancers work together to bring these ballets to life.
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Principal Bolshoi Ballet Dancers Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" Pas de Deux in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre Studios with Mikhail Lavrovsky, Ballet Master with the Bolshoi Ballet and son of "Romeo and Juliet" choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky.
Courtesy of Alexandra Dalsbaek
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Principal Bolshoi Ballet Dancers Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" Pas de Deux in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre Studios with Mikhail Lavrovsky, Ballet Master with the Bolshoi Ballet and son of "Romeo and Juliet" choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky.
Courtesy of Alexandra Dalsbaek
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Principal Bolshoi Ballet Dancers Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" Pas de Deux in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre Studios with Mikhail Lavrovsky, Ballet Master with the Bolshoi Ballet and son of "Romeo and Juliet" choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky.
Courtesy of Alexandra Dalsbaek
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Principal Bolshoi Ballet Dancers Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" Pas de Deux in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre Studios with Mikhail Lavrovsky, Ballet Master with the Bolshoi Ballet and son of "Romeo and Juliet" choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky.
Courtesy of Alexandra Dalsbaek
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"Romeo and Juliet" performed by Evgenia Obraztsova and Vladislav Lantratov of the Bolshoi Theatre. Choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky.
Courtesy of Gene Schiavone
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"Lieder" performed by Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood of The Royal Ballet. Choreographed by Alastair Marriott.
Courtesy of Gene Schiavone
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"Diving into the Lilacs" by Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin of the San Francisco Ballet. Choreographed by Yuri Possokhov.
Courtesy of Gene Schiavone
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"Othello, Act III Pas de Deux" performed by Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes of the American Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by Lar Lubovitch.
Courtesy of Gene Schiavone
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"Nutcracker Pas de Deux" by Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside of the American Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.
Courtesy of Gene Schiavone
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Distributed by American Public Television.
