--- product_id: 4108289 title: "Backstage at the Kirov" brand: "derek hart" price: "NT$24" currency: TWD in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4108289-backstage-at-the-kirov store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # Backstage at the Kirov **Brand:** derek hart **Price:** NT$24 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Backstage at the Kirov by derek hart - **How much does it cost?** NT$24 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/4108289-backstage-at-the-kirov) ## Best For - derek hart enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted derek hart brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description "...takes us where we've never been and shows us what we've never seen." - Gene Shalit, NBC Today Show. Beautifully filmed and with unparalleled access to the famous company, Backstage at the Kirov reveals life in Russia's most famous ballet company.This acclaimed film won numerous film festival awards and critical acclaim including the Gold Medal at the Houston International Film Festival. ## Images ![Backstage at the Kirov - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/511VUuHt0+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Backstage at the Kirov - review for collectors *by J***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2012* 'Backstage at the Kirov' was one of the first ballet documentaries I ever saw and, like many ballet film collectors, I have long prized my ailing, ancient VHS recording of this classic program. I was delighted to see it made available on DVD, but also cautious - after all, not every transfer of an old film to DVD is a success. So, what's the verdict?Well, the good news is that this transfer isn't too bad. If you're looking to replace a tired and battered video then don't hesitate to snap up this release. There are just a couple of things worth noting. My main criticism is that the DVD version looks a lot darker than my video copy and I had to adjust the backlighting, contrast and brightness on my TV quite substantially to avoid missing much of the detail in the dimmer scenes.The overall sharpness of the picture is nevertheless much better than video (as you'd expect!), and the film looks pretty much as it always did. No one has interfered with the voiceovers. The English subtitles are new but look to be unchanged from the original version - although I note the ballet mistress now berates the corps by saying "This is lousy" instead of "That was lousy". I don't know which is the better translation and am assuming someone just retyped the text without noticing the difference.There is a gitch (black blur and flash of green) about midway through - nothing to worry about though, especially if your old video was as sparkly as mine! The only other minor disappointment was to find that some of the panning shots now seem to 'ripple' on the DVD. This doesn't affect shots of the dancing much, but was noticeable where the camera panned across staff gathered at a meeting early on in the film. Movement blur/rippling doesn't bother everyone to the same extent, of course.So all in all, I was pleased to purchase this DVD as a replacement for video. It's just a little annoying that the TV's picture settings will need to be adjusted each time to see the film properly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Ballet Documentary Featuring Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstatin Zaklinsky. *by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2006* This film was shot in 1981 and shows what life is like for the professional dancers(and some of the students) at the Kirov Ballet. It is the only documentary that shows us both Konstatin Zaklinsky and his wife, Altynai Asylmuratova, rehearsing together and separately for the principal parts of Swan Lake. Other dancers are also shown, such as Galina Mezentseva. Many classroom scenes are presented and they are very interesting and exciting, showing very difficult combinations and dancers getting very exhausted and laughing about it. I especially enjoyed seeing what happens to Zaklinsky practicing when he gets too tired and falls out of many of his pirouettes; he musters one last bit of energy and completes his pirouettes successfully and throws in the towel. It would be nice to see this and similar videos go to dvd, but it may not happen, so try to get this before it becomes unavailable! ### ⭐⭐ A dancer's perspective *by C***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2012* I have been fortunate enough to start dancing ballet at 2 1/2 yrs old and become a principal dancer in my career. Ballet has been my life for as long as I can remember. I was really excited to watch this but I was shocked by some a lot of the things I saw. In a few shots where the camera showed the dancers feet during allegro I was shocked. More than one dancer was not getting fully over onto the platform of her shoe. Others were obviously dancing in dead shoes to make their feet look better and girls were knuckling all over the place. These type of things are called cheating in the ballet world and I'm really sure most of these girls 3/4 their shanks. Sometimes what looks good for a short period of time can lead to a injury. Recovering from an injury very hard on a dancer because not only to have to you get to the place you were at but you must surpass it because everyone in the company has been hard at work while you are taking time to heal. Dancers work the hardest, we do things with our bodies that aren't supposed to be possible, and we love it. That being said it is all cut throat and I didn't think this film depicted what is like to be in a company. I know people have complained about not seeing the final performance but that doesn't seem the point of the film to me. In my opinion, the process is the most interesting because that is where discovery takes place. 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