[PAR] [TLE] Dancers (film) [SEP] Dancers is a 1987 film directed by Herbert Ross and stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Julie Kent.  The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet "Giselle", and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet.  The film received scathing reviews upon release. [PAR] [TLE] Julie Kent (dancer) [SEP] Julie Kent (born 1969) is an American ballet dancer; she remained a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015.  Her farewell role was Juliet (in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet).  In 2016, she was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet.
[PAR] [TLE] Dancers ( film ) [ SEP ] Dancers is a 1987 film directed by Herbert Ross and stars Mikhail Baryshnikov and Julie Kent . The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet " Giselle " , and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet . The film received scathing reviews upon release . [PAR] [TLE] Julie Kent ( dancer ) [ SEP ] Julie Kent ( born 1969 ) is an American ballet dancer ; she remained a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015 . Her farewell role was Juliet ( in Prokofiev ’s Romeo and Juliet ) . In 2016 , she was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet .
Who was the director of a 1987 film in which an American ballet dancer named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet performed?
Who was the director of a 1987 film in which an American ballet dancer named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet performed ?
Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross