From 'Anna Karenina,' lessons for the ballet world
For a movie, the Joe Wright-Tom Stoppard "Anna Karenina" is a pretty terrific play. In fact, this exquisite film makes a powerful case for live physical theater. Not only that, but there are lessons for the ballet world to be found in the stylized cinematic storytelling carried out by director Wright, playwright Stoppard (who adapted Tolstoy's panoramic novel for the big screen) and experimental choreographer Sidi La…