I was SO excited to watch this documentary... I love the beauty and the struggle that comes with the art of ballet and I was so, so disappointed with this film. Granted, it's quite old now but it just NEVER got going. It didn't delve deeply at ALL into the world of ballet, instead most of the film is showing the actual performance of Swam Lake. I wanted to learn about the dancers, see into their lives, watch their struggles, see their pain and triumph but they were so GUARDED and BORING. They had VERY little to say during the entire film. Very, very little. What little they did say was very generic, 'I don't really like class' or 'I was nervous, but I was excited'. Truly, this is as in-depth as it got. I'd be SO interested if someone re-made something like this that really explored further.