| This 1978 feature entitled "Irina Kolpakova" will be briefly described by the various scenes 1. Kolpakova is driving to the Kirov Mariinsky Theatre. 2. Kolpakova is coaching Svetlana Efremova in the role of Giselle 3. Kolpakova meets a former Kirov Ballet director, Pyotr Gusev, who discusses her rehearsal with Efremova. He tells her that he likes the rehearsal very much, but he tells Irina that Svetlana is very nervous and is always looking at Irina for guidance and paying too much attention to Irina. He suggests that for every rehearsal, Irina allows Svetlana to do something all by herself without having to rely on instructions from Irina. Irina says that she will do this. 4. Irina is shown dancing a contemporary ballet, unknown to me 5. Irina is then shown rehearsing Grand Pas De Quatre with Olga Moiseyeva coaching. Galina Mezentseva is shown close, presumably doing the role of Marie Taglioni. I could not see the other two dancers, 6. Irina is shown entering the room of a government representative, who tells Irina, that the City Council says that they have no clubs for young people and would like Irina to help in forming clubs for young people. 7. Rehearsal of Notre Dame de Paris is shown with both casts of the role of Esmeralda, Galina Mezentseva as first cast and Natalia Bolshakova as second cast. I assume that Vadim Gulayev is next to Bolshakova. 8. There is a discussion around a table with Roland Petit, the French choreographer staging his Notre Dame De Paris at the ... |
