2) Ballerina on the Boat

This 1969 short has no dialogue at all, powered only by the music score by Alfred Schnitke. It tells a story of a dreamy ballerina, whose appearance on the paddlewheel boat causes all sorts of trouble among the crew. That is, until she saves everyone’s lives during a storm. The overall visual style is inspired by the paintings of the French artist Raoul Dufy. The animators invited the ballerinas of the Bolshoi Ballet Troupe to pose for the main chara...cter, and then exaggerated all of her moves, making her lithe, graceful, and weightless. The cartoon has won multiple awards outside of the Soviet Union, including the Best Animated Picture on the London International Film Festival. I like this cartoon for its subtle humor, happy atmosphere and its dreamlike ending, with the ballerina walking off into an unknown town, and the crew watching her from the deck, waving their farewells. Enjoy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRJ5Mqzxcqo&noredirect=1