Young Ballet Of The World USSR

£350.00

Original vintage Soviet film poster for a feature on the first International Ballet Competition for young ballet dancers held in Moscow - Молодой балет мира / Young World Ballet - showing a ballerina (possibly the prima ballerina Ludmila Semenyaka b. 1952) in an elegant pose in front of a world map shaded like a theatre curtain with the title above and the credits below. Now a firm tradition in the ballet world, this ballet competition was founded in 1969 by the legends of the Russian Ballet - Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007), Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916-2008) and Galina Ulanova (1910-1998) - held every four years and judged by an international jury; this first competition in 1969 was won by the renowned ballet dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948). Artwork by the notable poster artist and Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR Sergei Datskevich (1919-1977). Good condition, creasing, tears, small paper losses, staining, foxing.

Country

Russia

Year

1970

Style

Cinema Posters

Artist

S. Datskevich

Size (cm)

86x53