Watch Gaîté Parisienne - 1954

Gaîté Parisienne, a ballet by Léonide Massine, performed by Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin, Leon Danielian, and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in one of the most unusual and exciting live performance videos ever captured. Daring filmmaker Victor Jessen shot the ballet live in short sections from 1944-1954 and then ingeniously edited his footage to create one full performance. 1954.