America Applauds Soviet Ballet

A film about the tour of the ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR in the USA, Canada. Performances by the ballet troupe of the theater in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal. Fragments of ballets: "Romeo and Juliet" (starring G. Ulanova, Y. Zhdanov), "Swan Lake" (synchronously) (M. Plisetskaya), "The Flame of Paris" (E. Maksimova), "Dying Swan" (G. Ulanova), "Stone Flower" (M. Plisetskaya), "Taras Bulba", "Giselle" (M. Samokhvalova, V. Levashov), "Shopeniana" (R. Struchkova, N. Fadeechev). New York City. Streets, buildings. Posters. Queue for tickets. Theaters "Metropolitan Opera House" and "Madison Square Garden". The audience in the halls. Soviet artists welcomed: USSR Ambassador to the United States MA Menshikov, V. Cliburn, S. Yurok, W. R. Hirst, financier Dowling. Reception at Sol Yurok's. Meeting of Soviet artists with artists "City Ballet" (ballet troupe), head of the troupe D. Balanchin. Press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Exhibition of works by Gauguin in the art gallery. Soviet artists among the visitors. New York School of Music. Director of the Bolshoi Theater GA Orvid and conductor G. Rozhdestvensky talk with teacher Levina. Columbia University. Soviet artists with teachers of the Russian language, students. E. Maksimova, S. Zvyagina, J. Sekh meet and talk with L. Voynich. City of Los Angeles. Hollywood. Filming of Soviet artists in a television studio. Performance of trained sharks in the Marine Land aquarium. Soviet artists meet and talk with Bette Davis, visit Disneyland. City of San Francisco. Theater building. Posters. Panorama of the city. Auckland city. Jack London Square. Tavern. Bridge. City of Toronto (Canada). Ontario Governor McKay welcomes the artists. City views. Artists at Niagara Falls. City of Montreal (Canada). Soviet artists bow after the performance. The audience is applauding. Choreographer and stage director L. M. Lavrovsky among ballet dancers at meetings, receptions.

B&W

4

1959