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ACTOR
Mikhail BaryshnikovAlessandra FerriLeslie BrowneTommy Rall
DIRECTOR
Herbert Ross
SYNOPSICS
Dancers (1987) is a English movie. Herbert Ross has directed this movie. Mikhail Baryshnikov,Alessandra Ferri,Leslie Browne,Tommy Rall are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1987. Dancers (1987) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Musical movie in India and around the world.
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Dancers (1987) Reviews
Enjoyable
I've just seen this film yesterday, and enjoyed it a great deal. I do agree with the other fellow's review that the main characters, Lisa and Tony, hadn't made a deeper connection yet in the viewer's mind when the big climax part came. Too little effort was placed on that part, with only small sections working on their budding friendship/romance. But, as a non-professional, the dancing bits were lovely. I enjoyed watching the walk-through rehearsals, getting an idea perhaps of how these ballets are placed together much like a play or television performance. I love Baryschnikov anyway, and Allesandra Ferri is so graceful and lovely as a dancer...it really was fun to see.
Dancing ***** Acting *** Choreography -*
Surprisingly ok movie considering the main actors are dancers. I'm not being rude, I'm a dancer, and the fact is there aren't many who are good actors. The screenplay is quite good too, if a little obvious at times, with a lovely flower theme through the whole movie, apart from a lame moment near the end involving a tattoo... To be picky, there needed to be more character development with the two lead characters and their romance, I felt nothing when tragedy hit, because they had not been developed enough to be believable. A case of too much dancing and too little script. Baryshnikov and Kent are so beautiful that it's easy to forgive any other flaws in their performance, but then I'm a sucker for looks. I give 10/10 for the actor who played Paolo, he evoked great sympathy for his character and so I was rooting for him, and thought he should have got the girl in the end. However once again I am stunned by how BORING the choreography is. If you're a dancer, watch this film with a non-dancer and ask them what they thought of the dancing. Odds are they're bored with it. Makes you think. PLEASE can we stop doing steps that don't mean anything. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE classical ballet, it's a fantastic challenge and there's nothing better for strength and flexibility. But it's no wonder that audiences are declining when we keep choreographing steps that are meaningless and their only function is to look pretty. (spoiler ahead) I mean check out the second half of act two of Giselle in this movie. Albrecht is supposed to be dancing to death - DYING. But the music is trilling away prettily and Albrecht treats us to all manner of lovely turns and jumps and gestures. I just don't buy it. The fact is that true classical ballet like this (story ballet, big sets, loads of pretty costumes, love, tragedy, masses of meaningless steps, classical music) is an art form that is based on archaic court dances of a VERY past era of history that most countries are glad they got rid of. I honestly think ballets like this deserve to be filmed really, really well ONCE and then not done any more. Only dancers and balletomanes must enjoy this stuff. I simply can't believe that anyone who doesn't know about either classical music or classical dance could enjoy this. If dance would wake up and start doing stuff that ordinary people could relate to, then it would attract more audiences. Instead, dancers keep doing what they've always done, and they moan about how hard it is to survive as an artist. I suppose that there is a certain self-righteous romance about being a starving artist, but I've been there and done that and I'm sick of it. So I'm off to find a way to make dance more interesting and make more money, Bye now... *whew* that soapbox feels higher than normal tonight... Some dance technique notes... Quite impressed with the Wilis entrance hopping slowly in arabesque. Despite the fact that it's an awful step to make it look good, there must have been 30 of them all with perfectly matching legs and seemingly floating over the stage. I never realised Alessandra Ferri had such small feet, watch her en pointe, quite stubby, gives me hope!!! :) She has amazing jumps and incredibly flexible hips and lower back. Her grande jete en tournant, watch the second leg, it goes up to 135 degrees *in arabesque* as she lands! and her series of 4 or 5 grande jetes all in a row with only one step in between is incredible, she gets to a 180 degree split on every one. Count Baryshnikov's pirouettes - I think he does seven in one scene, and in the solo near the end pulls off a triple almost lazily. Incredible.
Dancers is in my top 10 all-time favorite movies watched
Every time I watch "Dancers," I'm on a high for days. This movie is a delight to watch from beginning to end. You don't even mind watching the credits as they are being underscored by highlights of Baryshnikov's dancing. The props and scenery are superb, and it certainly is an extra bonus when the dancers and supporting characters are very attractive. While the dialog may be fluffy at times, it accents the ballet's story line nicely and is a perfect match to the overall mood of the movie. Dancers is easily in the all-time favorite top 10 movies I have ever watched, and I hope it will be released on DVD soon.
dunno why i'm reviewing this movie ...
Yes, really, i just dunno why i'm reviewing this movie as it's not exactly MY type of a classic movie, especially when the main subject matter is all about dancing and ballet, which i do admire as a very important art ... (although i'd rather watch ice skating with classic dancing in it more!) but i have to admit i kind of liked this movie overall ... wouldn't call it a masterpiece but can't refer to it as worthless either ... there is that long (and certainly boring for some people) full performance of a famous ballet piece in it, which is surely related to the movie's title and content, but makes the whole work look and feel like two pieces of separate works, each one of which could do without the other one after all, but well, then either of the two pieces would probably end up being short movies instead of a long one ... if you're into ballet seriously, you'd certainly like this movie, especially the ballet performance parts ...
Wonderful Dancing
Spoilers!! I loved this movie so much that I bought it. My daughter and I watch it every couple of months or so. For sure... the storyline was a little.... lame... but... the dancing was sooo incredible!!! I don't know why another commenter (supposedly a dancer) would call this boring... I go to the ballet as often as possible and I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Mikhail dance a few years ago. His grace is breathtaking. Just recently I invited a friend to watch Dancers. This person had never been to a ballet or even seen one on t.v. but... she loved it. I too loved the character Paolo and I also agree that he should have got the girl in the end... or at the very least an appology or the chance to take the girl back to the airport and say goodbye. That would have been a much better way to end it than the way that it did. Anyhow... I certainly would not watch this movie if you were wanting some deep meaningful plot... this movie you watch for the pure joy of watching the dance. By the way... when Mikhail danced here with his White Oak Dance Company... I disliked almost the whole thing except when Mikhail danced. I detest modern dance. Talk about meaningless steps and trying to figure out what the heck is going on....