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  2. For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

2009
1h
TV Movie
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2009

Runtime

1h

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Dec 12, 2009
Director
Ross MacGibbon
Ross MacGibbon
Production
BBC Cymru Wales
BBC Cymru Wales

Top Cast

25 Cast Members

Lynn Seymour

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

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

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

Howard Goodall

Self - Composer and Broadcaster

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

Self - Composer and Conductor

Tamara Karsavina

Tamara Karsavina

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

David Dawson

Self - Choreographer

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Self - Composer (archive footage)

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