Dancers (film)

Dancers
Directed by	Herbert Ross
Written by	Sarah Kernochan
Based on	Giselle by Adolphe Adam Jean Coralli Jules Perrot
Produced by	Menahem Golan Yoram Globus
Starring	Mikhail Baryshnikov Alessandra Ferri Leslie Browne Thomas Rall Lynn Seymour Victor Barbee Julie Kent Mariangela Melato
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	William Reynolds
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Production company	The Cannon Group
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release date	October 9, 1987 (1987-10-09)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million [1]
Box office	$1,190,416 [2]

Dancers is a 1987 film directed by Herbert Ross and stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Julie Kent. The film received scathing reviews upon release. ^{[3] [4]}

Plot

The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet Giselle , and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet.

Cast

• Mikhail Baryshnikov as Tony
• Alessandra Ferri as Francesca
• Leslie Browne as Nadine
• Tommy Rall as Patrick
• Lynn Seymour as Muriel
• Victor Barbee as Wade
• Mariangela Melato as Countess
• Julie Kent as Lisa
• Gianmarco Tognazzi as Guido

References

1. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
2. "Dancers". Box Office Mojo .
3. Kempley, Rita (March 28, 1988). "'Dancers'". The Washington Post .
4. Ebert, Roger (October 9, 1987). "Dancers". RogerEbert.com . Archived from the original on May 13, 2016.

External links

• Dancers at IMDb
• Dancers at Rotten Tomatoes