Mikhail Baryshnikov Turning Point Outtakes: Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire

My last video featured solos from Mikhail Baryshnikov in the 1977 movie The Turning Point. The movie featured big name ballet stars of the 1970s including Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Antoinette Sibley, Fernando Bujones. For those that can’t get enough of the movie’s great dancing, former New York City Ballet dancer Kurt Froman posted outtakes from the movie that ended up on the cutting room floor. In this video, I provide an analysis of Baryshnikov’s Sleeping Beauty solo filled with great confidence and subtlety that did not make it into the film. Also, the pas de deux from Le Corsaire with Marianna Tcherkassky. Thanks to dancer Stephen Nelson for helpful comments on a draft version.