'A Portrait of Giselle' is a 1982 documentary film, produced by Joseph Wishy and directed by Muriel Balash. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

With Diaghilev Ballets Russes premier dancer Anton Dolin as talking head, segments of performances of a number of legendary Giselles are presented and examined: including Olga Spessivtzeva, Alicia Markova, Alicia Alonso, Galina Ulanova, Yvette Chavire, Natalia Makarova.

There are also two unique extended interviews - firstly Olga Spessivtzeva and then with Tamara Karsavina.

I've wanted this video for years and recently managed to buy a VHS video. Which I had concerted into a DVD. Which I then had translated into an MP4 file. Which I then split into six parts to upload here! With all these transformations, the quality is of the absolute best, but it still seems to have it on the channel than not.

I hope you get as much pleasure out of the extraordinary material in this documentary as I did and do.

Enjoy!

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