Documentary

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

Documentary 2009 · 1h

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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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20 people

Lynn Seymour Narrator

A Alastair Macaulay Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times

B Bob Gottlieb Self - Writer and Editor

J Judith Mackrell Self - Writer and Dance Critic

L Lynn Garafola Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'

R Richard Davenport-Hines Self - Historian and Author

Anna Pavlova Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

F Frederic Franklin Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo

E Elena Gludjidze Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet

Karl Lagerfeld Self

W Wayne Eagling Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet

M Marie Rambert Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)

J Joan Acocella Self - Dance Critic

J Julian Barran Self - Art Dealer

M 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)

For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

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