
<P>Robert Greskovic reviews a must-have video:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>A Century of Legends of the Bolshoi</B><P>ROBERT GRESKOVIC, NY Times<P>THE GLORY OF THE BOLSHOI<BR><I>Featuring Natalya Bessmertnova, Ekaterina Maximova, Irek Mukhamedov, Maya Plisetskaya, Marina Semenova, Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Vasiliev. Kultur (800-458-5887), $19.95</I><P>Anyone drawing up a list of the century's finest ballet dancers will find a handy aide memoire in this 96-minute videocassette. Arranged as a companion to the "Glory of the Kirov" tape, this compilation of 18 segments, first released in Europe in 1995, might more accurately be called "the glory of the Bolshoi Ballet's 20th- century dancers," or at least those captured on film.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/01/arts/01GRES.html?searchpv=nytToday" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>