Part 3 of 6 Perm Ballet School Documentary Captives of Terpsichore
This is part 3 of a 6 part film made in 1994, but distributed in 1995. The film focuses on one of the greatest ballet teachers of the 20th century, Ludmila Pavlovna Sakharova . Sakharova is the current artistic director of the Perm Ballet school , known as the Perm choreographic school similar to the Bolshoi Ballet school being called the Moscow choreographic school. The Perm school is one of the top 3 ballet schools in Russia, with the others being the Vaganova Academy and Bolshoi school. Sakharova was the teacher that trained her most famous student and probably the most remarkable teenage student ever, Nadezhda Pavlova . At the same time that she was teaching Pavlova , her other student, Olga Chenchikova , was winning the silver medal against older professional dancers in the 1973 Moscow Ballet Competition when 16 year old Pavlova became the only ballerina to win the Grand Prize at a major competition of that level.
The film starts with one of their foreign students, a girl from Ireland talking. The student that is the main focus of this documentary is Natasha Balakhnicheva . Her fellow classmates shown are the girl from Ireland, two Japanese students and three Russians. American reviews of this film were very critical of Sakharova’s marine sergeant domination. She was considered like an evil witch and the film producer was criticized for showing too much of the girls’ faces while being yelled at. Sakharova might have traits of a Stalin type dictator, but when you see how much energy that she puts into teaching and how she acts at the end, you see that she loves ballet and loves her students, but sometimes has difficulty showing her love to her students. Anyone who could help produce a Nadezhda Pavlova is a very special teacher. This film taught me to ignore reviews because I think that this was a very well made film from a ballet standpoint and shows a great teacher, who makes it obvious that any student wanting to become a great professional ballerina cannot expect ballet training to be a fun picnic. Ballet is difficult and the competition is rough as the students trying to get accepted into the famous ballet school find out at the beginning of the movie.
My final comment is that part of the film focuses on the 3rd International Arabesque competition held in Perm. Among the important ballet personalities involved in this competition and shown in the film are Maya Plisetskaya , Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova ( Maksimova ). An interesting note is that during the competition in 1994, the Kirov Mariinsky star , Lariissa Lezhnina is shown outside the back stage door, but only for a few seconds and probably the producer had no idea who she was. Natasha Balakhnicheva is shown in the competition dancing the pas de deux from Giselle , Carmen and a new ballet .
Duration : 0:8:35
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
too much stress …
too much stress sometimes not good for students. tension and relaxation are needed at the same time.once students start to hate a teacher, no more from that.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
si es en serio…si …
si es en serio…si no es una película…
la que enseña no es una maestra…
si el gobierno, el sistema, permite algo así, verdaderamente no entiendo nada…
criterio, psicopedagogía, arte, humanidad, valores, sentido comun….
todo eso y mucho mas le falta a esa señora….
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I wish there was …
I wish there was translations, like subtitles. The girls are amazing. Them and the Vagonova girls. Holy fat calories at 3:21.
What is she screaming and slapping for at 5:38 and so on?
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
True. And the girls …
True. And the girls love to dance, and that’s why they’re there. Some people need that push. She is just doing it for them, to help them in the world. But still. She is too negative, too pushy. It is uncalled for. A simple reminder would work fine, not ridicules and slaps. The slaps probably hurt more inside than the outside, sure, but the girls are beautiful. Why doesn’t she see that?
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
que vieja de mierda …
que vieja de mierda!! si yo estuviese en esa escuela no soportaria que me gritaran todo el tiempo de esa manera! o que me pegaran y humillaran no resistiria terminaria abandonando el ballet
este documental muetstra la parte oscura del ballet ruso todo por alcanzar la perfeccion a estas chicas no les importa nada la muerte es poco solo quieren ser primeras baialrinas
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
notaron las marcas …
notaron las marcas de las uñas/manos de la profesora sobre la espalda de la bailarina???? el ballet no trata de violencia
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
la profesora es …
la profesora es espantosamente violenta y orgullosa, no es necesario humillar y basurear de esa manera
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
la disciplina se …
la disciplina se consigue de muchas formas, pero las clases de L. sakharova, en mi opinión no son muy agradables, se puede explicar bien la tecnica clasica sin necesidad de gritar y parecer enfadada
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Would everyone be …
Would everyone be so upset with this if it were an army sargent and cadet? No, because that is what we think of when we think of the army.I think that those who don’t study dance see it as an easy hobbie with pretty costumes and make up, I think they don’t understand the need for strict classes or know about the strict side of classes.Dance holds a different kind of respect between student and teacher than other sports and I think that is something you can only know about through experiencing it
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I agree with …
I agree with xSugarplum. Maybe our students need more discipline at school.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
the thing is… …
the thing is… there are AMAZING american ballerinas… who are probably better than her and didnt HAVE 2 endure half as much abuse as she did.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
yes… that is my …
yes… that is my feelings on it.. yonjooheero said it exactly.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
In my opinion, what …
In my opinion, what you said in part 1 and this part 3, are wonderful comments. I have put up the first two parts of five parts of Captives of Terpsichore 2. I hope that you will read my description before watching the video. She turned out to be a great ballerina and not a psychological wreck that many would have expected.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Everyone is oohing …
Everyone is oohing and aahing at a few tiny slaps that won’t so much as leave a mark. Kids in schools in the US get shot in the head by classmates and sexually abused by devious school teachers and priests. Do you really think a passionate teachers shoving that girl’s hand down because she’s doing it wrong is that bad? Did you see how badly she was doing it, and how amazing her performance was? It isn’t like she’s being beaten with a belt or physically tortured. They pay for everything she has!
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Oh my goodness. She …
Oh my goodness. She is the Devil.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I agree 100% with …
I agree 100% with every word you said.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I understand that …
I understand that if you want to be the best, then you must go through strict discipline. I agree with Ketinoa that Sakharova really does seem to care for her students…she wouldn’t take the energy or time to corret her students on each miniscule detail with such fierce vigor. But I’m still sorry that the students have to endure such abuse.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
ITA!!!! If you are …
ITA!!!! If you are able to dish it handle it! I mean if you want to be the best you have to be like that otherwise you’ll get distracted.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
my god
5:37
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my god
5:37
There is NO need for that whatsoever
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Eto absolutno …
Eto absolutno normalno kogda”biut” na zanatiah, tem samim trenera pomogaut nam chustvovat svoe telo, nogi, ruki
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
wow i know they can …
wow i know they can yell but didn’t know they can hit their students, wow.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Грань между …
Грань между сумасшествием и профессионализмом очень тонкая…
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
НО, открытое …
НО, открытое избиение человека человеком – это перебор! Чем-то мне эта Дама напомнила тренера Елены Мухиной…
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
С тем, что балет – …
С тем, что балет – это тяжелая работа никто не поспорит…
Гонять до седьмого пота, заставляя, через слезы и боль всего тела, отрабатывать технику до автоматизма это необходимость становления настоящей балерины…
April 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
ballet is about …
ballet is about human perfections, get it into your sculls people. if this teacher sayis “good job” when the day is of or says nothing at all, thats good enough;) , you dont ask for a pet on the shoulder becuase its not needed,