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For Art's Sake: The Story of Ballets Russes

Dec 12, 2009

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Overview

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.

Genres

TV Movie

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales

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Cast

Narrator

Lynn Seymour

Self - Chief Dance Critic: The New York Times

Alastair Macaulay

Self - Writer and Editor

Bob Gottlieb

Self - Writer and Dance Critic

Judith Mackrell

Self - Author: 'Diaghilev's Ballets Russes'

Lynn Garafola

Self - Historian and Author

Richard Davenport-Hines

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russes (archive footage)

Anna Pavlova

Self - Dancer: Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo

Frederic Franklin

Self - Principal Dancer: English National Ballet

Elena Gludjidze

Self

Karl Lagerfeld

Self - Artistic Director: English National Ballet

Wayne Eagling

Self - Founder: Ballet Rambert (archive footage)

Marie Rambert

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