I personally think that the Russian and former Soviet Union, Dancers, probably the best in the world.

There are many public and professional dance studio in every town and Russian culture belongs to this art form with deep respect.

For example ..

Look at the picture to catch the absolute perfect posture glipse this incredible dancer.

She looks like she is being suspended by invisible wires, as they do in Cirque du Soleil. And it's pretty hard for me to imagine that it is not so and the only thing I can say, like many others, saw it ..

"How do they do that !?!?"

Well, fortunately, this timeless art form is going to get some international exposure with the latest version of a documentary titled "Ballerina".

     

    Ballerina spotlight drive Russian dancers

    By R.M. CAMPBELL

    Russian dancers have long been the subject of passion, sometimes male, sometimes female. It would seem, from the "Ballerina", a documentary about the Kirov Ballet, that women hold the upper edge today.

    This film looks at the Bertrand Normand five women at the Kirov, two established stars, hoping for a comeback after injury, and the two young pretenders, bursting with talent and ambition.

    Dancing in Russia has always been a form of state of the art, beginning in 1738 with a school founded by the Empress Anne. The ballet was staged in both St. Petersburg and Moscow, but it was in St. Petersburg, where she enjoyed all sorts of royal privilege, and in the 19th century, has become a breeding ground for classical ballet as we know it today. Although the Communists despised most things associated with the aristocracy, they do not approve of the ballet, although it was almost choked to death in the 20th century because of the lack of choreographic innovation. Despite this, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and Kirov, also known as the Mariinsky, produced great dancers.

    "Ballerina," explains, in particular, as these dancers performed at the outset: it begins with children are considered by experts as if they are livestock, for their physical potential as dancers. Then, those who choose to go out in the severe class, and they hope the stage.

    While many things remain for the documentary, Normand is a good concept: Take a couple of girls - Alina Luba and Eugenia Obraztsova - who are on their way up the stairs and follow them. Ballet is a serious business in Russia, as elsewhere in Europe and North America, but it is more centralized and authoritarian, and central Russia in his own image and cultural heritage.

    Luba and Obraztsova progress from students to professionals, in contrast with the three dancers who came. Only one - Diana Vishneva - will be known to non-Russian audiences, because she dances on a regular basis as a guest artist with leading European and American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, where she received enthusiastic attention.

    All these dancers are different but they share a commitment and focus. Anyone who knows about the ballet has a lot to recognize in the lives of these young women, but for those who do not, the film will be a revelation.