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Dancers
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301016995
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6301016998
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: April 01, 1992
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 09, 1987
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Editorial Review:
Film about a dance company preparing a new production of "Giselle." Julie Kent is the young dancer who becomes infatuated with the artistic director of the company, Baryshnikov, and like Giselle suffers a breakdown.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Definitely a guilty pleasure
Dancers is enjoyable to watch. The plot is hokey, at the very least, but it has to tie the dancing in somehow. The dance scenes are beautiful all around and when those sequences cut to the movie's plot it is dissapointing but it makes you look forward to enjoying the next dance scene.
Yes, I admit, you may be tempted to fast forward but it's not nearly as painful as The Turning Point where the dancing scenes were sparse. (Or Center Stage which was a complete waste) In this movie ... Read More
Rating:  - Not worth watching
I'm a fan of Baryshnikov and sat down to watch all of his movies, good or bad. I'm not sure if this one was even worth watching, especially since I ended up having to own it in order to see it. I'm certainly not going to watch it again. Like other reviewers, I love Julie Kent, but we only see her dancing in the rehearsal room for a moment. I don't think she's as terrible an actress as some of the other dancers in the film, but her character is so annoyingly childlike that she comes off as a terrible ... Read More
Rating: - DVD would be better, but tape will do
Originally created as a more permanent record of Baryshnikov's final performances of "Giselle", and as a means of capitalizing on the successful collaboration of director Herbert Ross, Baryshnikov, and ABT (the same group that did "Turning Point"), as a performance record DANCERS succeeds; as a drama it is no more credible or ludicrous than most narrative films about dancers. Which means, as usual, a silly melodramatic plot and/or love triangle is grafted onto images of rehearsals and performances so movie ... Read More
Rating: - A guilty pleasure for ballet lovers
Filmed at the height of the Baryshnikov-era ABT's excesses, this American Ballet Theatre vehicle has a thin plot, barely excusible acting, and is generally the sort of film that no one but the most dedicated ballet fan would watch.
But oh the dancing! Julie Kent, still a corps de ballet member is innocent and bursting with youthful energy. While her voice is a travesty, her dancing is eloquent. Misha is at the height of his powers. Leslie Browne, Alessandra Ferri, Lynn Seymour, Amanda McKerrow, ... Read More
Rating: - Great Dancing, Lousy Story
I recently rewatched this movie, which I've owned for years, and I must agree with the other reviewers that the plot is absolutely
laughable, especially the scene in which Julie Kent has a mild breakdown on stage during the Mad Scene. Julie Kent is lovely and a fine dancer, but her voice is annoying and she can't act.
The subplot between Wade & Nadine (Victor Barbee & Leslie Browne) is barely touched on and is much more interesting. The baby is gorgeous. I would have thought by now, though, ... Read More
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