Dancers

(1987) Dancers DRAMA

Young Lisa (Julie Kent) from NYC has just arrive to Italy to play a role for the ballet version of "Giselle" by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier starring infamous ballet dancer, Tony (Mikhail Baryshnikov) who is making it his final on screen stage performance. He play itself somehow mirrors Tony's love life as a known womanizer or as a player Lisa soon discovers the hard way.

Had I not already know who Mikhail Baryshnikov was, it would have been unbearable but because I wanted to see what he is capable of doing in terms of his ballet dancing, his onscreen presence was good enough. It's like seeing a Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd characters and then wondering what kind of scenario he is going to surprise us about. I feel that way whenever I see Baryshnikov on screen to show us what kind of ballet he is going show me.