The Pygmalion Effect

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The event is a cinema presentation of Boris Eifman's ballet The Pygmalion Effect. UltraStar classifies the engagement as a Special Engagement and Unique Event, with an NR rating and a listed running time of 1 hour 25 minutes. Digital Gym identifies the format as Ballet on Film and credits Boris Eifman as director and choreographer. The production draws on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and relocates the transformation story to ballroom dance. The central figures are Leon, Holmes, and Gala, whom Leon trains. The production combines ballet, contemporary dance, and ballroom movement. Sets are by Zinovy Margolin, costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili, and lighting by Alexander Sivaev and Boris Eifman.