The Red Shoes is a very important film for dancers. I'm glad it's one of your favorites SOMMS.
My trip was seven years ago, so I can't remember well enough to explain. It was near where Ballet Monte Carlo was rehearsing and I would say that the statue in the movie was based on the real one. The real one is small. Remember the winged statue on the balcony of Msr. Lermontov's office, over looking the sea?
I was working in Torino and took a train trip to Monte Carlo for one day and night. Others went to Venice.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."