For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

0.0 2009 60 min
TV Movie Documentary

In the centenary year since the founding of the Ballets Russe, this documentary looks back at Sergei Diaghilev and the company he created, what they did and the influence they had, even a 100 years later.

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Director
Ross MacGibbon

Cast

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Lynn Seymour Narrator
Alastair Macaulay Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times
Bob Gottlieb Self - Writer and Editor
Judith Mackrell Self - Writer and Dance Critic
Lynn Garafola Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'
Richard Davenport-Hines Self - Historian and Author
Anna Pavlova Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)
Frederic Franklin Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo
Elena Gludjidze Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet
Karl Lagerfeld Self
Wayne Eagling Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet
Marie Rambert Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)
Joan Acocella Self - Dance Critic
Julian Barran Self - Art Dealer
Mary Fellows Self - Fashion Director and Consultant
Howard Goodall Self - Composer and Broadcaster
Pierre Boulez Self - Composer and Conductor
Tamara Karsavina Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

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